Mind Like Water

I got a tip a few years ago to check out productivity guru David Allen. I did and I'm hooked. The centerpiece of his system is a book by the title Getting Things Done. While it's a lifelong pursuit, much of my personal organization is modeled on his ideas. Great tips on customizing Microsoft Outlook, too, for more efficiency. Interested? Here's a sample from a David Allen email. See what you think. Mind Like Water Even very important things can be on cruise control and not on your mind. If your attention is being grabbed, then there's almost an inverse relationship there. The degree to which your attention is being grabbed is the degree to which you are not free to place your attention where and how you want to. So, if nothing else, it's just a pure practical idea that, if you can get rid of the demons that are grabbing hold of your brain and shaking it around—whether that's buy cat food or reconsidering your career—then it will give you a lot more freedom to be thinking about those things in more creative ways or not have to think about them at all. In Getting Things Done, this is a key practice I discuss in the very first chapter: