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1. “In the early days of the new cognitive science field, they call distributed cognition, called get it out of your head. And so I discovered that and then discovered not only just get it out of your head, but there are other things you need to do to clarify Dr. Peter Drucker, like define what the work is that you're getting out of your head and what your kites is to it. the last 35 years trying to figure out what that algorithm is And then spending thousands of hours, as you probably know, desk sod with some of the best and brightest and busiest folks on the planet actually implementing that process and watching this transformational stuff happen. Come on, you've done a ton of coaching and advising, I'm sure, and the best advice is not to tell people what to do, but ask them the right questions. Right.”

   2019-09-03 · The Tim Ferriss Show · #384: David Allen — The Art of Getting Things Done (GTD) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT

2. “Well, your head's a crappy office. And, you know, most people are still using their head as their office and your brain did not evolve to remember, remind, prioritize, or manage relationships with more than four things. That's new cognitive science data, by the way. So, you know, how many people are trying to keep track of more than four things and manage the relationship between them and prioritize between them. It's like, excuse me, how about 10,000 or 1,400? God knows however many. And, you know, I just sort of uncovered years ago more practically and just on the street how critical it was to empty your head.”

   2019-09-03 · The Tim Ferriss Show · #384: David Allen — The Art of Getting Things Done (GTD) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT

3. “Feel more comfortable Catching up, well, you know, for folks like you and me, time is somewhat irrelevant. That's what good friends are for, you know, it's like you show up and go, Hey, what's new? Two years, ten years doesn't matter.”

   2019-09-03 · The Tim Ferriss Show · #384: David Allen — The Art of Getting Things Done (GTD) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT