What's the Next Actionable Thing?

Don't let it sit in your brain, get it out of your brain. So empty all your collection tools weekly. The first thing is, is it an actionable item? Is it something that you have any commitment to actually move on or do something about? And there are three types of things you don't keep: trash stuff, reference material and incubate items. Once you figure out what the action is, you can do it in less than two minutes, you should do it right then. Ask yourself are you the right person to do it and if not, hand it off to whoever it is - that's a delegate function.