Smart Quotes: David Allen’s Top 10 GTD Tweets

Something a little different today. Recently David Allen (just some guy who developed this thing called GTD, heard of him?) passed the one million followers mark on Twitter. Maybe I’m biased because Twitter is the only social networking site I actually have any interest in (in contrast to all my friends Facebook luvin’) but I find it’s great for getting little bitesized bits of insight and information. Naturally David Allen is no different when it comes to sharing pearls of productivity related wisdom so it seemed like a good idea to compile his top ten tweets. Enjoy!

@gtdguy: “Distracting reactions about anything undermine a
clear mind about anything else.”

@gtdguy: “Small things, done consistently, in strategic places, create major impact. What are our top “small things” right now?”

@gtdguy: “If you think getting an empty mind is not worth doing, then throw away your calendar. Halfway is unjustifiable.”

@gtdguy: “Taking off midday, midweek, to play golf. Seems naughty, but so should holding such irrational beliefs.”

@gtdguy: “The only people who have to be right are the ones
who aren’t really sure they are.”

@gtdguy: “Cleanup = get closure on what u create/produce. Anyone really think that’s less than 90%? Let me into your car/house/head.”

@gtdguy: “If you don’t pay appropriate attention to what has your attention, it’ll take more of your attention than it deserves.”

@gtdguy: “Keyboard is now the optimal communication tool of your life. Typing < 60wpm is like talking w/your mouth full of marbles.”

@gtdguy: “The hardest thing about being productive is not the work, but the split second it takes to decide to take control.”

@gtdguy: “When you know what you’re doing, efficiency and style are your only improvement opportunities.”

And that is my top ten tweets from David Allen. Agree? Disagree? What are your favorites? Share them with me and maybe we can compile another top ten in the future! In the meantime, get retweeting (plus follow me too please).