“If your backlog of stuff isn't zero'd regularly, you're hostage to your own incessant angst that you should.”

—  David Allen

5 March 2011 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/43813369337217024 <br class="br"> Official Twitter profile (@gtdguy) https://twitter.com/gtdguy

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