Freedom to create a mess is proportional to your ability to know what "no mess" is and how to get there. - David Allen

The world itself is never overwhelmed or confused — only we are, due to how we are engaged with it.

Anything that causes you to overreact or underreact can control you, and often does. Responding inappropriately to your e-mail, your thoughts about what you need to do, your children, or your boss will lead to less effective results than you’d like. Most people give either more or less attention to things than they deserve, simply because they don’t operate with a mind like water.

There is no reason to ever have the same thought twice, unless you like having that thought.