Getting Things Done
The Art of Stress-free Productivity
Editorial Review
Getting Things Done inspires you to put all this into a new behavior set that will blow your mind. This is a vaccination against day-to-day fire-fighting, the so-called urgent and crisis demands of any given work, and an antidote for the imbalance many people bring upon themselves: that is how people who are the most productive end up being the people with the emptiest heads. The elegant executive execution means no residue, they start and end the day with a clear desk. Getting Things Done, explains how to reinforce your organizational system and free not only brain space, but also time. If we keep physical place markers for everything, then we can manage interruptions without stress and recover in less time.
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Your head is for having ideas, not for holding them. Once you understand that, it will change your life.
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Always keep an inventory of things that need to be done that require very little mental or creative horsepower. When you are in those low-energy states do them.
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