• 5” x 8” yellow ruled pads are the best collection tools (as heard on David Allen’s own podcast series)
• Write just 1 item per page and throw it in your designated inbox (in David Allen’s own words: “don’t feel sorry for the tree – the tree will actually thank you because you “wasted” it for the best possible purpose)
• Make the item as clear, granular, and actionable as possible (e.g. “call wife by 5pm)
• The transition of going from the stress of maintaining all the TODOs in your head to accomplishing them 1 at a time is incredible; GTD and the associated principles make it possible!

We had an auspicious beginning for the new book “Getting Things Done”.  As we went over the problem, promise and principles behind GTD, we talked about several personal examples including a reminder for hair-cut

We spent quite a bit of time on the concept of “Mind like water” (although most of us did not understand it 100%)

Here’s the learning from this session’s discussions: http://www.bizbookclub.net/?page_id=41

See next time in person…