“I suggest that you use your mind to think about things, rather than to think of them. You want to be adding value... not simply reminding yourself they exist.”

— David Allen , book Getting Things Done

Source: Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity (2001), Ch. 11

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