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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.

— 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.

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)

The big problem is that your mind keeps reminding you of things when you can't do anything about them. It has no sense of past or future.

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

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