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41 " Things rarely get stuck because of lack of time. They get stuck because the doing of them has not been defined. "
― David Allen , Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
42 " You are the captain of your own ship; the more you act from that perspective, the better things will go for you. "
43 " Reacting is automatic, but thinking is not. "
44 " At at any point in time, knowing what has to get done, and when, creates a terrain for maneuvering. "
45 " Interestingly, one of the biggest problems with most people’s personal management systems is that they blend a few actionable things with a large amount of data and material that has value but no action attached. "
46 " Get a purge for your brain. It will do better than for your stomach. —Michel Eyquem de Montaigne "
47 " But if you don’t decide what needs to be done about your secretary’s birthday, because it’s “not that important” right now, that open loop will take up energy and prevent you from having a totally effective, clear focus on what is important. "
48 " Almost every project could be done better, and an infinite quantity of information is now available that could make that happen. "
49 " Don’t just do something. Stand there. —Rochelle Myer "
50 " Getting things done requires two basic components: defining (1) what “done” means (outcome) and (2) what “doing” looks like (action). "
51 " Start by doing what’s necessary, then what’s possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible. —Saint Francis of Assisi "
52 " When people know they have a process in place to handle any situation, they are more relaxed. When they’re relaxed, everything improves. More gets done, with less effort, and a host of other wonderful side effects emerge that add to the outcomes of their efforts and the quality of their life. "
― David Allen , Ready for Anything: 52 Productivity Principles for Getting Things Done
53 " 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. "
― David Allen , Making It All Work: Winning at the Game of Work and Business of Life
54 " Welcome to the real-life experience of “knowledge work,” and a profound operational principle: you have to think about your stuff more than you realize but not as much as you’re afraid you might. As Peter Drucker wrote: “In knowledge work . . . the task is not given; it has to be determined. ‘What are the expected results from this work?’ is . . . the key question in making knowledge workers productive. And it is a question that demands risky decisions. There is usually no right answer; there are choices instead. And results have to be clearly specified, if productivity is to be achieved.”* "
55 " Вы не можете выиграть игру, правил которой не знаете "
56 " There are no interruptions, really—there are simply mismanaged occurrences. "
57 " There is no reason to ever have the same thought twice, unless you like having that thought. "
58 " Merely having thoughts is one thing. Consciously feeding them is quite another. You are powerful all the time, by way of your attention and intention. The question is, Toward what are you pointing that power? "
59 " There is usually an inverse relationship between how much something is on your mind and how much it’s getting done. "
60 " Too much information creates the same result as too little: you don't have what you need, when and in the way you need it. "