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David Allen Quotes !
Hey,
I really wanted to start a thread with some of David's popular/favorite quotes. Be sure to add yours !
"Then you are at black belt," he said. "My karate teacher once told me that the true sign of a black belt is not that you operate at peak performance every minute of every day but that you are in tune with yourself to know when you are out of balance and know exactly what you must do to get that balance back."
"There is no spoon."Originally Posted by Gary_89
No, wait... my mistake...
But, really, it could have been him, don't ya think?
Dena
constant forward pressure
In a Live Seminar on Tape, He's making an analogy between being black belt with GTD and karate.
"When they jump you in a dark alley, it's too late to train."
and...
"With speed comes power that's why petite people can break boards, it's the crack at the end of the whip. Speed comes with relaxation and relaxation doesn't mean flaccid it means power... now you can tell me if this applies to anything other then a karate punch."
LOL, I thought maybe he was talking about sex here.
Few of my favourites:
"Make it up. Make it happen."
"If you don't pay appropriate attention to what has your attention, it will take more of your attention than it deserves."
"You don't actually do a project; you can only do action steps related to it."
This is actually quote David quoted: "Vision without action is a dream. Action without vision is simply passing the time. Action with Vision is making a positive difference."
Jukka Vuorinen
Total GTD newbie, better with the GTD theory than implementation.
"A sign of GTD blackbelt is the twinkle in the eye in everything you do"
"i fall off the GTD wagon all the time" lol
"I know what I am not doing and I accept it."
"Your ability to relax is directly proportional to your productivity"
I heard these on the tape, not sure if they are DAs or another's:
What doing is most aligned with my being?
The absence of fear is not courage, but the recognition that something is more important than fear
-I am pretty sure that is not DA, but couldn't find the source when I looked online
Doing small things.............
Anyone remember the saying about ....doing small things consistiently.......
I just can't remeber the whole saying.
Small things done consistently in strategic places create major impact.
David mentions this in Ready for Anything. Not sure that he originated it.
http://goo.gl/B60m5
John Forrister
GTD Connect Team
David Allen Company
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