{"id":14857,"date":"2016-05-27T09:36:25","date_gmt":"2016-05-27T16:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/?p=14857"},"modified":"2016-05-27T09:36:25","modified_gmt":"2016-05-27T16:36:25","slug":"what-gets-in-the-way-of-being-productive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2016\/05\/what-gets-in-the-way-of-being-productive\/","title":{"rendered":"What gets in the way of being productive?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Q:<\/strong> What\u2019s the one thing that we do that gets in the way of us being productive?<\/p>\n<p><strong>David Allen:<\/strong> It\u2019s not one thing, but five, all wrapped together: People keep stuff in their head. They don\u2019t decide what they need to do about stuff they know they need to do something about. They don\u2019t organize action reminders and support materials in functional categories. They don\u2019t maintain and review a complete and objective inventory of their commitments. Then they waste energy and burn out, allowing their busy-ness to be driven by what\u2019s latest and loudest, hoping it\u2019s the right thing to do but never feeling the relief that it is.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q: What\u2019s the one thing that we do that gets in the way of us being productive? David Allen: It\u2019s not one thing, but five, all wrapped together: People keep stuff in their head. They don\u2019t decide what they need to do about stuff they know they need to do something about. 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