6/24/2023 0 Comments Gtd bookRoy Baumeister has done interesting research backing this up, showing that incomplete tasks limit our available focus. When we are trying to constantly keep track of everything we have to do inside our heads, that will interrupt and distract our focus. If you don’t pay appropriate attention to what has your attention, it will take more of your attention than it deserves.ĭavid Allen says the cause of our modern overwhelm is simple: Our brains were never designed to hold a lot of information at one time.įor example, if you’re in the middle of writing your PhD paper, but your train of thought is constantly being broken when you suddenly remember that you have to file your taxes… or water your plants… or buy your friend a gift… or walk your cat… then you can’t be very productive! Relieve stress by creating an “external brain”
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