David Allen

1. | Context

2. | Time available

3. | Energy available

4. | Priority

Context

2. | Time available

3. | Energy available

4. | Priority

50,000+ feet: Life

• 40,000 feet: Three- to five-year vision

• 30,000 feet: One- to two-year goals

• 20,000 feet: Areas of responsibility

• 10,000 feet: Current projects

1. | Defining purpose and principles

2. | Outcome visioning

3. | Brainstorming

4. | Organizing

5. | Identifying next actions

Celebrate any progress. Don’t wait to get perfect.

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

Don’t judge, challenge, evaluate, or criticize.

• Go for quantity, not quality.

• Put analysis and organiz

The key steps here are:

• Identify the significant pieces.

• Sort by (one or more):

• components

• sequences

• priorities

• Detail to the required degree.

The key steps here are:

• Identify the significant pieces.

• Sort by (one or more):

• components

• sequences

• priorities

• Detail to the required degree.

| Ineffective personal organizational systems create huge subconscious resistance to undertaking even bigger projects and goals that will likely not be managed well, and that will in turn cause even more distraction and stress.