# David Allen ## Quotes <!-- QueryToSerialize: LIST FROM #type/quote AND [[David Allen]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> <!-- SerializedQuery: LIST FROM #type/quote AND [[David Allen]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> - [[Anything that keeps stuff out of the head because it has captured it and is trusted to remind appropriately, is GTD]] - [[I fall off my own wagon regularly]] - [[If you don’t have a good system for storing bad ideas, you probably don’t have one for filing good ones, either]] - [[Just get going with something. Movement creates awareness and activity. So just pick something you feel like doing]] - [[Only do time blocking when it is critical to meet a deadline, given other things going on]] - [[The clearer my mind is, the more inspirational thinking occurs. Go to bed with a problem to solve in your head, and there's a good chance you'll wake up with at least a starting solution]] - [[The weekly review is the master key to your productivity]] - [[There’s no real way to achieve the kind of relaxed control I’m promising if you keep things only in your head]] - [[Tools are fun and necessary. But only as long as they are really useful. Nothing wrong with trying out many different ones, as healthy a hobby as any, I suppose. Just let yourself land on the ones that become part of your routine]] - [[You can only feel good about what you're not doing when you know what you're not doing]] - [[Your brain is for having ideas, not for holding them]] <!-- SerializedQuery END --> <!-- SerializedQuery: LIST FROM #type/quote AND [[David Allen]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> - [[If you don’t have a good system for storing bad ideas, you probably don’t have one for filing good ones, either]] - [[The weekly review is the master key to your productivity]] - [[There’s no real way to achieve the kind of relaxed control I’m promising if you keep things only in your head]] - [[You can only feel good about what you're not doing when you know what you're not doing]] - [[Your brain is for having ideas, not for holding them]] <!-- SerializedQuery END --> ## Books <!-- QueryToSerialize: LIST FROM #books AND [[David Allen]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> <!-- SerializedQuery: LIST FROM #books AND [[David Allen]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> - [[Getting Things Done (book)]] <!-- SerializedQuery END --> <!-- SerializedQuery: LIST FROM #books AND [[David Allen]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> - [[Getting Things Done (book)]] <!-- SerializedQuery END -->