Cognitive Science Archives - Getting Things Done® David Allen's GTD® Methodology Thu, 16 Jul 2020 04:39:38 +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 How much can the brain really hold? https://gettingthingsdone.com/2009/12/how-much-can-the-brain-really-hold/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-much-can-the-brain-really-hold https://gettingthingsdone.com/2009/12/how-much-can-the-brain-really-hold/#respond Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:00:54 +0000 http://www.gtdtimes.com/?p=2959 Your brain is a great place to have ideas, but a terrible place to manage them. -David Allen A key principle within GTD is creating a system external to your mind–if you want the system to be seamless.  In fact, there’s a good chance if you’re trying to hold more than about 7 things in …

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]]> https://gettingthingsdone.com/2009/12/how-much-can-the-brain-really-hold/feed/ 0 I'm sure I'll remember… https://gettingthingsdone.com/2009/09/im-sure-ill-remember/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=im-sure-ill-remember https://gettingthingsdone.com/2009/09/im-sure-ill-remember/#respond Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:13:50 +0000 http://www.gtdtimes.com/?p=2135 “The short-term memory part of your mind–the part that tends to hold all of the incomplete, undecided, and unorganized “stuff”–functions much like RAM on a personal computer. Your conscious mind, like the computer screen, is a focusing tool, not a storage place. You can only think about 2 or 3 things at once.” – David …

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]]> https://gettingthingsdone.com/2009/09/im-sure-ill-remember/feed/ 0 Why We Like New Things; or why I have to try out every new GTD program. https://gettingthingsdone.com/2008/07/why-we-like-new-things-or-why-i-have-to-try-out-every-new-gtd-program/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-we-like-new-things-or-why-i-have-to-try-out-every-new-gtd-program https://gettingthingsdone.com/2008/07/why-we-like-new-things-or-why-i-have-to-try-out-every-new-gtd-program/#comments Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:14:40 +0000 http://www.gtdtimes.com/2008/07/01/why-we-like-new-things-or-why-i-have-to-try-out-every-new-gtd-program/ This came in from one of our contributors, Dr. Lynn O’Connor. I’m one of those unfortunate people who loves trying out new software for my GTD system. So far, I’ve always gone back to the online, tried and true, Vitalist (www.vitalist.com ) for contexts/next action lists (projects too if needed).  But that hasn’t stopped me …

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]]> https://gettingthingsdone.com/2008/07/why-we-like-new-things-or-why-i-have-to-try-out-every-new-gtd-program/feed/ 4 GTD Times – Kluge and GTD https://gettingthingsdone.com/2008/05/gtd-times-kluge-and-gtd/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gtd-times-kluge-and-gtd https://gettingthingsdone.com/2008/05/gtd-times-kluge-and-gtd/#comments Thu, 29 May 2008 13:28:57 +0000 http://www.gtdtimes.com/2008/05/29/gtd-times-kluge-and-gtd/ Editor’s Note: We’ve had an incredible response to the request for contributor’s with a cognitive sciences background. Several notable individuals have very kinds offered to author posts that deal with questions of the brain that I believe are of great importance with respect to helping us understand why we do what we do, why GTD …

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