{"id":16293,"date":"2017-10-11T08:39:55","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T15:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/?p=16293"},"modified":"2019-11-12T11:10:54","modified_gmt":"2019-11-12T19:10:54","slug":"episode-34-crafting-your-external-brain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2017\/10\/episode-34-crafting-your-external-brain\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode #34 &#8211; Crafting Your External Brain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>David Allen presents a webinar on how to craft integrated external systems that allow you to focus more productively. 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