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[I]f it's just you, attempting to come up with a "good idea" before defining your purpose, creating a vision, and collecting lots of bad ideas is likely to give you a case of creative constipation.

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

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

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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.

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

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

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

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