How to Clear Your Mind of All the Old Business

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Each item is put on a separate sheet of paper. The idea was to clear the organization of all the old business it had. Anything that's incomplete, not been closed up or still lying out there gets somebody's attention. So you've got these separate sheets of paper now you've got a Reams worth in front of you one per page.

David Allen, author of Getting Things Done, and Greg discuss the practical ways and key specifics to immediately begin the journey of cutting out what is non-essential, both personally and professionally. They go back and forth on the deeper and visionary elements of why it’s beneficial to focus on doing what matters most.

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