Once a week, do a thorough review of all your projects in as much detail as you need to. If you do, your systems will work. If you don't, no system will work.

David Allen

Categorized in : Needs Week Details

Virtually every problem that would show up in your business can be traced back to communications; somebody didn't talk to somebody about something.

communication problem shows

Without a gut-level sense that you are ultimately in control of what's happening to you, you won't even consider the option that you could manage it better.

guts manage levels

A lot of people have nothing very well organized, and a lot of people have nothing, very well organized.

wells organized people

If you don't pay attention to the things that have your attention, you'll give them more attention than they deserve.

pay attention giving

Focusing on values does not simplify your life. It gives meaning and direction-and a lot more complexity.

focus doe giving

Anything that does not belong where it is, is an "open loop" pull... by David Allen

Anything that does not belong where it is, is an "open loop" pulling on your attention.

loops doe attention

You can do anything, not everything by David Allen

You can do anything, not everything

Isn't it interesting that people feel best about themselves right before they go on vacation? They've cleared up all of their to-do piles, closed up transactions, renewed old promises with themselves. My most basic suggestion is that people should do that more than just once a year.

vacation people years

Change - even change meant to improve our lives - creates stress. We can get comfortable with our problems.

stress problem change

Creativity and freedom are two sides of the same coin. I like the... by David Allen

Creativity and freedom are two sides of the same coin. I like the best of both worlds.

coins two-sides creativity

You don't manage priorities, you have them. by David Allen

You don't manage priorities, you have them.

manage priorities

Everything you’ve told yourself you ought to do, your mind thinks you should do right now. Frankly, as soon add you have two things to do stored in your RAM, you’ve generated personal failure, because you can’t do two things at the same time. This produces an all-pervasive stress factor whose source can’t be pin-pointed.

stress two thinking

The better you get, the better you better get. by David Allen

The better you get, the better you better get.

At at any point in time, knowing what has to get done, and when,... by David Allen

At at any point in time, knowing what has to get done, and when, creates a terrain for maneuvering.

terrain done knowing

There are no interruptions, only mismanaged inputs by David Allen

There are no interruptions, only mismanaged inputs

interruptions input

The real issue is how to make appropriate choices about what to do at any point in time. The real issue is how we manage actions.

issues choices real

If the only tool you have is a hammer, it's hard to eat spaghetti... by David Allen

If the only tool you have is a hammer, it's hard to eat spaghetti.

innovation perspective education

Trust yourself to do what you really feel like doing, and what you feel like doing will change. Don't, and it will plague you.

plague trust-yourself feels

It is a tricky business to know when you should set goals and objectives in order to achieve a focus, and when you would be better off dealing with the acceptance and management of your current reality so you can later step into new directions and responsibilities with greater stability and clarity. Only you will know the answer to that, and only in the moment.

responsibility acceptance reality

Focusing on your values may provide you with meaning, but it won'... by David Allen

Focusing on your values may provide you with meaning, but it won't simplify things.

values simplify may