David Allen é um consultor e instrutor em produtividade. Ele é o criador do Getting Things Done , um método de gerenciamento de tempo. Cresceu em Shreveport, Louisiana, Estados Unidos, onde ele atuou e ganhou um campeonato estadual de debate. Foi para a faculdade New College, agora conhecida como New College of Florida, em Sarasota na Flórida. A sua carreira profissional inclui empregos como mágico, garçom, instrutor de caratê, instrutor de desenvolvimento pessoal e gerente de uma agência de viagens. Ele diz ter tido 35 profissões antes de ter 35 anos. Ele começou a aplicar sua perspectiva em produtividade com negócios na década de 1980, quando ganhou um contrato para projetar um programa para executivos e gerentes na Lockheed Corporation.
Ele é o fundador da David Allen Company, que é focada em produtividade e treinamento executivo. O método GTD faz parte dos seus esforços como instrutor. Ele também é um dos fundadores da Actioneer, Inc. [1], uma companhia especializada em ferramentas de produtividade para o Palm pilot.
Allen escreveu dois livros, A Arte de Fazer Acontecer, , que descreve o seu programa de produtividade e Ready for Anything: 52 Productivity Principles for Work and Life, , uma coleção de artigos de jornal escritos por ele. Ele vive em Ojai, California com sua esposa Kathryn.
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“Maximizing is not optimizing. Sustainable engagement wins, in the end.”
8 October 2010 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/26778825813
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28 May 2010 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/14933593727
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7 December 2011 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/144476364966346752
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“What people call an "Interruption" is simply new input inappropriately managed.”
19 June 2009 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/2240630593
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25 January 2010 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/8192067730
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5 January 2012 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/155111659122339840
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3 June 2010 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/15288280784
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“Things hold your attention hostage until you give them the appropriate attention.”
27 June 2011 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/85187098725974016
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Variante: Your attention will continue to be grabbed by anything until you give it the appropriate attention.
3 December 2010 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/10514000022343680
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17 December 2011 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/148127884798730240
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28 June 2010 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/17222176055
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18 November 2009 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/5819997093
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Ready for Anything: 52 Productivity Principles for Work and Life (2003)
29 April 2011 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/63977062188335104
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“Are you overwhelmed pulling weeds, when you really just need to replant the garden?”
16 February 2012 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/170372170025934848
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23 November 2011 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/139536702476783616
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1 November 2010 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/29413783209
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“Hold still enough to grapple w/the simple questions, & the complexities become clear.”
6 July 2011 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/88499341613989888
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9 February 2011 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/35205999514091520
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“GTD essence: attention cleared of residue & distraction, pointed at the right thing.”
20 November 2009 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/5878721689
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“You've really done your job when what's true? (Challenging question for all of us!)”
4 March 2011 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/43507841134362624
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15 August 2012 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/235900635395022848
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16 February 2010 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/9169795220
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“Perfection is graciously dealing with imperfection.”
4 November 2010 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/29641324869
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5 March 2011 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/43813369337217024
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8 December 2011 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/145022728494264321
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15 August 2010 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/21206170236
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“Meetings handled well reduce email. Email handled well reduces meetings.”
18 January 2012 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/159780367153373184
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Fonte: Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity (2001), Chapter 1
“If you're already in a mess, you're not free to make one.”
24 March 2011 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/51036707474259968
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