Quick Note-taking Tip [Getting Things Done]
Sometimes I think that David Allen’s Getting Things Done action management methodology really feels natural to me, because so many of the things that David talks about I have already been doing for a long time. Getting “stuff” out of my head and on paper is something I have always done, but not as thoroughly and rigorously as I am doing now as a GTDer.
For instance, I’ve always been an extensive note-taking kind of person. Whenever I’m talking with a client - face to face or on the phone - I feel the need to take extensive notes. This doesn’t mean I write down everything that is being said literally, I merely write down just enough so I can recreate the entire conversation even years later if need be. The conversation was important enough to remember, but I do not want it to linger in my mind! Of course, now that I am an avid fan of GTD, I do not simply “archive” these notes in one of the stacks that used to live on my desk. No, I throw them in my in-basket and they get processed and organized just like anything else.
When I was learning GTD (and I still am!) it was really funny to hear David suggest something that I have been doing for as long as I remember. This actually happened to me many times while reading his books and listening to his seminar. And this finally brings me to my quick tip for today 
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