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September 13, 2007
Walking a little lighter
I received this great testimonial from a participant about the power of GTD Mindsweep:
"I am already doing things with a “lighter step” this morning due to the psyche lift from the mindsweep of the last few days. Things are a little easier and I am being more productive already."
In seminars, I usually give the participants about 8 to 10 minutes for clearing their head, with a couple of guidelines:
*Write down what's got your attention.
*Write as much as you can, as fast as you can.
*Don't organize or analyze it, just collect.
*Let your brain bounce between personal and professional agreements. Follow it wherever it goes.
*Don't commit yourself to doing anything with what you write down yet, just collect at this point.
*This is not a To Do list yet since you haven't decided what your next action is, it's just a "Stuff" list.
It's amazing what a short period of time like 10 minutes can do to unlock in your psyche, if you give yourself the freedom to let go of it from your mental To Do list. David Allen has always said that writing it down puts you in control of it. It's hard to corral it when it's stacked like a mental sticky note on top of hundreds of other ones that are begging for your attention.
People often ask me how often I clear my head. I do a Mindsweep as often as I can and at least once a week in my Weekly Review. These days, keeping things in my head as my only reminder feels weird. So does leaving the house without some kind of collection tool to get stuff out of my head, like a paper pad or my PDA.
If you haven't given yourself the gift of clearing your head lately, take 5 minutes before you end your day today or when you start your day tomorrow and do a Mindsweep. I bet you won't regret it.
Posted by Kelly at September 13, 2007 01:57 PM
