GTD Quotes from David Allen

• My stuff is just advanced common sense.
• Decision making: It gets more constipated the higher up you get.
• My definition of successful executives is those who solve more problems than they create.
• From my experience, "team" means "nobody."
• Listen folks, there are certain times when you should not be talking to key people about important things.
• GSA: The gnawing sense of anxiety.
• Dumb and happy is the place to be.
• You don't want to be so stressed? Don't care so much.
• A lot of your competitive edge is your ability to deal with surprise.
• You can only feel good about what you're not doing when you know what you're not doing.
• Work is a martial art.
• Quoting Peter Drucker: “Your toughest job is defining your work.”
• Stress comes from breaking agreements with yourself.
• If you keep track of agreements, you'll make fewer.
• When you break things down to the next action step, it’s really easy to do.
• You can only feel good about what you’re not doing when you know what you’re not doing.
• Your mind doesn't have a mind.
• The biggest barrier to implementation is addiction to stress.
• If you’re not willing to do it all, don't bother doing anything.
• We start with the individual out.