{"id":5633,"date":"2012-01-17T15:18:26","date_gmt":"2012-01-17T22:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gtdtimes.com\/2012\/01\/17\/"},"modified":"2014-10-06T21:22:38","modified_gmt":"2014-10-07T04:22:38","slug":"get-it-all-out-of-your-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2012\/01\/get-it-all-out-of-your-head\/","title":{"rendered":"Get it all out of your head"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gtdtimes.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2011\/07\/DA.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5158 alignright\" title=\"David Allen\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gtdtimes.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2011\/07\/DA.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"141\" height=\"147\" \/><\/a>If you&#8217;re still   relatively careless about having seamless collection tools because they know they don&#8217;t represent discrete, whole systems anyway: there&#8217;s an incomplete set of things in their inboxes and an incomplete set in their mind, and they&#8217;re not getting any payoff from either one, so the thinking goes. It&#8217;s like trying to play pinball on a machine that has big holes in the table, so the balls keep falling out: there&#8217;s little motivation to keep playing the game.<\/p>\n<p>So what can you do to improve upon this? Make collection tools a part of your lifestyle. Keep them close by so no matter where you are you can collect a potentially valuable thought. Think of them as being indispensable as your toothbrush or your driver&#8217;s license or your glasses.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What can you do to plug the holes in your collection?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>-David<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re still relatively careless about having seamless collection tools because they know they don&#8217;t represent discrete, whole systems anyway: there&#8217;s an incomplete set of things in their inboxes and an incomplete set in their mind, and they&#8217;re not getting any payoff from either one, so the thinking goes. 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