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Rivers of creative flow are log jammed w/ heads holding on to incompletions, old business, & avoided decisions.

— David Allen

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Your conscious mind, like the computer screen, is a focusing tool, not a storage place.

Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity (2001)

It's great to clear your psychic decks so you can go into the weekend ready for refreshment and recreation, with nothing on your mind.

Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity (2001)

The goal is to get projects and situations off your mind, but not to lose any potentially useful ideas.

Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity (2001)

If you're waiting to have good ideas before you have any ideas, you won't have many ideas.

Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity (2001)

How much of this planning model do you really need..? [A]s much as you need to get the project off your mind.

Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity (2001)

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