What podcasts say about David Allen
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What David Allen has said on podcasts
23 statements · 18 positive · 4 negative · 1 neutral
Capturing all mental commitments typically takes professionals one to six hours.
“that process, Tim, takes usually, in my experience over all these years, for the mid to senior level professional that we actually coach with this process, it takes 1 to 6 hours just to capture what has their attention.”
Open the episode · #885: How to Simplify Your Life — Tips from Oliver Burkeman, Chip Conley, Elizabeth Gilbert, and MoreListen at 21:57
People must externalize commitments to avoid breaking agreements with themselves.
“you do need to get it out of your head.”
Open the episode · #885: How to Simplify Your Life — Tips from Oliver Burkeman, Chip Conley, Elizabeth Gilbert, and MoreListen at 23:58
Avoiding broken agreements requires declining, fulfilling, or renegotiating commitments.
“If you don't want to have a broken agreement, you have 3 options. One is don't make the agreement.”
Open the episode · #885: How to Simplify Your Life — Tips from Oliver Burkeman, Chip Conley, Elizabeth Gilbert, and MoreListen at 24:12
The human brain cannot effectively manage relationships among more than four things.
“your brain did not evolve to remember, remind, prioritize, or manage relationships with more than four things”
Open the episode · #873: David Allen — The Art of Getting Things Done (GTD) (Repost)Listen at 4:22
People should externalize commitments instead of retaining them mentally.
“don't leave your stuff in your head”
Open the episode · #873: David Allen — The Art of Getting Things Done (GTD) (Repost)Listen at 5:46
Keeping commitments mentally creates a false sense of control.
“it gives people a false sense of control to keep it in their head”
Open the episode · #873: David Allen — The Art of Getting Things Done (GTD) (Repost)Listen at 5:51
Avoiding broken agreements requires declining, fulfilling, or renegotiating commitments.
“If you don't want to have a broken agreement, you have three options. One is don't make the agreement”
Open the episode · #873: David Allen — The Art of Getting Things Done (GTD) (Repost)Listen at 10:29
Commitments exceeding available bandwidth should be renegotiated.
“what you're asking me to do or what I've committed to do is going to require so much more attention than I have the bandwidth to actually give it the attention it deserves right now”
Open the episode · #873: David Allen — The Art of Getting Things Done (GTD) (Repost)Listen at 12:21
Productivity has not increased despite substantial technological advancement.
“productivity hasn't gone up at all, though technology has gone through the roof”
Open the episode · #873: David Allen — The Art of Getting Things Done (GTD) (Repost)Listen at 19:16
Technology can complicate people’s lives without improving productivity.
“the technology hasn't necessarily improved productivity. It's actually complicated people's lives a lot”
Open the episode · #873: David Allen — The Art of Getting Things Done (GTD) (Repost)Listen at 19:20
A next action should specify the physical location and activity advancing a commitment.
“When we talk about next actions, that means as granular as where physically, visibly are you going to go? To do what? To move the needle on this thing”
Open the episode · #873: David Allen — The Art of Getting Things Done (GTD) (Repost)Listen at 33:33
Clearly defined outcomes and actions form the basic units of productivity.
“Outcome and action are the zeros and ones of productivity”
Open the episode · #873: David Allen — The Art of Getting Things Done (GTD) (Repost)Listen at 35:20
Tasks requiring two minutes or less should be completed immediately.
“anything you can do at two minutes you should finish right? Then that's the two minute rule”
Open the episode · #873: David Allen — The Art of Getting Things Done (GTD) (Repost)Listen at 37:11
A five-year vision helps operationalize a person’s broader purpose.
“what's the vision of your purpose being fulfilled successfully five years from now?”
Open the episode · #873: David Allen — The Art of Getting Things Done (GTD) (Repost)Listen at 38:53
Meditation can enable access to subtler levels of experience, according to Allen.
“if you meditate, if you practice certain practices, you can quiet yourself enough to be able to tap into a lot of the other levels that we actually exist on”
Open the episode · #873: David Allen — The Art of Getting Things Done (GTD) (Repost)Listen at 1:01:50
Mouth taping during sleep can train people to breathe nasally.
“he suggests going and getting adhesive cloth, a 4 inch piece and putting it over your mouth when you go to sleep so that you train yourself”
Open the episode · #873: David Allen — The Art of Getting Things Done (GTD) (Repost)Listen at 1:05:55
Most people need eight to nine hours of sleep nightly.
“We all need eight to nine hours of sleep a night, unless you're really an Exceptional person”
Open the episode · #873: David Allen — The Art of Getting Things Done (GTD) (Repost)Listen at 1:07:50
Applying GTD’s five-step methodology can transform people’s lives.
“when they actually get this methodology and capture, clarify, organize, reflect and engage with their stuff”
Open the episode · #873: David Allen — The Art of Getting Things Done (GTD) (Repost)Listen at 1:09:25
A weekly reflective review helps people assess recent events and required actions.
“just to take an hour a week, step back and look at your life, you know, and say, hey, what's happened in the last week? What do I need to do about that? You know, just any kind of a thinking, you know, in a more reflective process is going to help anybody”
Open the episode · #873: David Allen — The Art of Getting Things Done (GTD) (Repost)Listen at 1:10:55
Weekly reviews are critical for keeping a GTD system current.
“a weekly review was really kind of critical to keep your system current, alive and well”
Open the episode · #873: David Allen — The Art of Getting Things Done (GTD) (Repost)Listen at 1:11:55
Sufficient structure creates freedom for creative and spontaneous activity.
“just enough structure to give you the freedom”
Open the episode · #873: David Allen — The Art of Getting Things Done (GTD) (Repost)Listen at 1:16:16
GTD creates mental space that users may apply creatively or strategically.
“What GTD does is it provides space”
Open the episode · #873: David Allen — The Art of Getting Things Done (GTD) (Repost)Listen at 1:18:11
Reference collections should be curated periodically, potentially annually, to remove obsolete material.
“probably not a bad idea to every once in a while, maybe yearly curate all of that stuff. So you don't have a lot of old dead wood in there”
Open the episode · #873: David Allen — The Art of Getting Things Done (GTD) (Repost)Listen at 1:22:06
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