The vast majority of people have been trying to get organized by rearranging incomplete lists of unclear things; they haven’t yet realized how much a… - David Allen

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The vast majority of people have been trying to get organized by rearranging incomplete lists of unclear things; they haven’t yet realized how much and what they need to organize in order to get the real payoff. They need to gather everything that requires thinking about and then do that thinking if their organizational efforts are to be successful.

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About David Allen

David Allen (born December 28, 1945) is an American productivity consultant, best known for the creation of a time management method called "Getting Things Done".

Biography information from Wikiquote · Portrait adapted from Wikimedia Commons, Vera de Kok (CC BY-SA)

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