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Getting Things Done – Quicktip #5 Why an Idling Mind is the Mother of Invention (and problem solving) Using GTD enables you to keep a clear head A de-cluttered mind undistracted by legions of commitments allows for day-dreaming This is crucial for solving problems in our personal lives and at work Clive Thompson wrote in Wired Nov. 2009: http:// bit.ly/clearmind “Mind-wandering is a very involved task. You leave the here and now and focus on more remote concerns that nevertheless might be more important.” - Jonathan Schooler, UC Santa Barbara With GTD you to store all commitments outside your brain, which enables you to free your mind to think creatively about what you really need to solve here and now!

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Page 1: Getting Things Done Quicktip #5

Getting Things Done – Quicktip #5

Why an Idling Mind is the Mother of Invention (and problem solving)

• Using GTD enables you to keep a clear head• A de-cluttered mind undistracted by legions of commitments allows for day-

dreaming• This is crucial for solving problems in our personal lives and at work

Clive Thompson wrote in Wired Nov. 2009:http://bit.ly/clearmind“Mind-wandering is a very involved task. You leave the here and now and focus on more remote concerns that nevertheless might be more important.”- Jonathan Schooler, UC Santa Barbara

With GTD you to store all commitments outside your brain, which enables you to free your mind to think creatively about what you really need to solve here and now!