Mind Like Water Archives - Getting Things Done® David Allen's GTD® Methodology Sat, 10 May 2025 14:24:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 Are you out of your mind? https://gettingthingsdone.com/2018/07/are-you-out-of-your-mind/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=are-you-out-of-your-mind https://gettingthingsdone.com/2018/07/are-you-out-of-your-mind/#respond Thu, 05 Jul 2018 18:25:05 +0000 https://gettingthingsdone.com/?p=16901 Most people are trying to manage much of their life and work in their minds, but your head is a lousy office! Recent cognitive science research has proven its limitations for remembering, reminding, and prioritizing. In this humorous TEDx talk, David Allen emphasizes the need to keep track of any and every thing that we …

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]]> https://gettingthingsdone.com/2018/07/are-you-out-of-your-mind/feed/ 0 Are you out of your mind? - Getting Things Done® Are you trying to manage your life in your mind? David Allen talks about the external brain, and why you need to use it. Cognitive Science,Mind Like Water,David Allen,TEDx GTD and stress https://gettingthingsdone.com/2018/05/gtd-and-stress/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gtd-and-stress https://gettingthingsdone.com/2018/05/gtd-and-stress/#respond Fri, 04 May 2018 14:44:13 +0000 https://gettingthingsdone.com/?p=16774 How do you unhook from the pulls and pressures of your world? It would be nice if you could just shut your door, or go into the garden, and the harpies in your mind—all the niggling things to do and deal with—just went away. Or, if you could just finally get it all done, so …

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]]> https://gettingthingsdone.com/2018/05/gtd-and-stress/feed/ 0 Behind the scenes with David Allen https://gettingthingsdone.com/2018/02/behind-scenes-david-allen/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=behind-scenes-david-allen https://gettingthingsdone.com/2018/02/behind-scenes-david-allen/#comments Tue, 27 Feb 2018 23:39:52 +0000 https://gettingthingsdone.com/?p=16669 David Allen welcomed Blinkist into his apartment in Amsterdam for a casual conversation about GTD, writing the book, and his love for clear space. Please accept statistics cookies to watch this video.

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]]> https://gettingthingsdone.com/2018/02/behind-scenes-david-allen/feed/ 2 Behind the scenes with David Allen - Getting Things Done® David Allen welcomed Blinkist into his apartment in Amsterdam for a casual conversation about GTD, writing the book, and his love for clear space. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTe1pD71Hlk Mind Like Water,David Allen,Clear Space,David Allen Company Are You Capturing Your Good Ideas? https://gettingthingsdone.com/2018/02/capturing-good-ideas/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=capturing-good-ideas https://gettingthingsdone.com/2018/02/capturing-good-ideas/#comments Wed, 21 Feb 2018 21:36:36 +0000 https://gettingthingsdone.com/?p=16647 How many thoughts and ideas do you have daily which represent useful things to do or potentially enhance or improve projects, situations, and life in general? How many have you had and forgotten, and forgotten that you’ve forgotten? “I ought to call Susan and ask her about where she stayed in Hawaii…” “I need to …

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]]> https://gettingthingsdone.com/2018/02/capturing-good-ideas/feed/ 3 GTD and Information Overload https://gettingthingsdone.com/2018/02/gtd-information-overload/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gtd-information-overload https://gettingthingsdone.com/2018/02/gtd-information-overload/#respond Thu, 15 Feb 2018 22:00:49 +0000 https://gettingthingsdone.com/?p=16638 People complain about “information overload.” But, in truth, the most information-rich environment is the most relaxing–nature. We are actually more relaxed and stimulated by a plethora of input and multiple horizons, and nature provides that in spades. If you really wanted to go nuts, just put yourself in a room with no input (sensory deprivation.) …

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]]> https://gettingthingsdone.com/2018/02/gtd-information-overload/feed/ 0 What is GTD®? https://gettingthingsdone.com/2018/02/what-is-gtd-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-is-gtd-2 https://gettingthingsdone.com/2018/02/what-is-gtd-2/#comments Thu, 01 Feb 2018 16:42:28 +0000 https://gettingthingsdone.com/?p=16609 Someone recently asked David Allen to share the underlying principle to Getting Things Done® (GTD®). He said: There are several, but the main ones are: 1. CLEAR YOUR HEAD – Your head is for having ideas, not for holding them. In other words, build and maintain an “external brain” to hold all your significant reminders …

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]]> https://gettingthingsdone.com/2018/02/what-is-gtd-2/feed/ 4 Turning Inside Out https://gettingthingsdone.com/2018/01/turning-inside-out/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=turning-inside-out https://gettingthingsdone.com/2018/01/turning-inside-out/#comments Thu, 18 Jan 2018 17:18:20 +0000 https://gettingthingsdone.com/?p=16414 I am beginning to get it. The ultimate ingredient for really getting things off my mind is to nurture the part of me that lives from the inside out. Now, when I say, “I’m beginning to get it,” please keep in mind that I’ve been “beginning to get it” for at least 50 years, consciously, …

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]]> https://gettingthingsdone.com/2018/01/turning-inside-out/feed/ 1 Episode #35 – The Case for Capturing https://gettingthingsdone.com/2017/11/episode-35-the-case-for-capturing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=episode-35-the-case-for-capturing https://gettingthingsdone.com/2017/11/episode-35-the-case-for-capturing/#comments Fri, 17 Nov 2017 19:10:27 +0000 https://gettingthingsdone.com/?p=16331 Listen to an engaging presentation David Allen gave on the case for capturing. In it, David explores the concepts of psychic RAM, society’s move into knowledge work, and the freedom we feel as we begin to implement the GTD methodology.   Listen Now   Subscribe or Download iTunes Stitcher Libsyn Google Play Music Spotify SoundCloud …

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]]> https://gettingthingsdone.com/2017/11/episode-35-the-case-for-capturing/feed/ 4 The best ways to deal with stress https://gettingthingsdone.com/2017/07/the-best-ways-to-deal-with-stress/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-best-ways-to-deal-with-stress https://gettingthingsdone.com/2017/07/the-best-ways-to-deal-with-stress/#comments Mon, 31 Jul 2017 16:36:59 +0000 https://gettingthingsdone.com/?p=16175 David Allen on the best ways to deal with stress:  Understand first that you’re actually IN stress Determine what’s causing it Clarify what you’d like to have true in the situation—what’s your desired outcome, at least in terms of how you’d like to be feeling? Decide if there is a next action you can take …

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]]> https://gettingthingsdone.com/2017/07/the-best-ways-to-deal-with-stress/feed/ 1 Outsmarting Your Mind https://gettingthingsdone.com/2017/07/outsmarting-your-mind/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=outsmarting-your-mind https://gettingthingsdone.com/2017/07/outsmarting-your-mind/#respond Fri, 14 Jul 2017 23:17:40 +0000 https://gettingthingsdone.com/?p=16122 I have the feeling and the hope every now and again that in 25 years what GTD teaches will be such a “given” that we may wonder what it was like to walk around with such pressure and stress from our suboptimal thinking habits. The advent of the “knowledge worker” society has given so many …

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