Written by David Allen
- Focus. When other thoughts enter the mind, record them on an external nearby Thought Bucket.
- Empty the Thought Bucket weekly and organize it.
- Remove unimportant items, finish 2-minute tasks, and enter deadlines, or appointments in your calendar.
- Practice outcome thinking by having a project list that tracks steps leading to desired goals.
- The most urgent step on the project list goes to the Next Action list.
- The Next Action list should stay with you at all times so you can choose to act on them when time frees up.
- The Waiting For list can help expedite things.
- The Someday/Maybe list is for ideas in the future that are not concrete projects yet.
- Don’t multi-task.
- Focus 100% of your mental capacity on the task at hand.