What To Do with Your Amazing Idea

So I have been reading another book from David Allen and came across these little gems, that summarize things so well.

Regarding these great ideas you have that you know you are going to do, until you think of the next great idea and the first one got lost (because we didn't write it down.)

So CAPTURE it so you can act on your amazing idea.

And I quote:

" #1 Make decisions about what we are going to do with our stuff and the next actions required to do it.  Things on list and in stacks and email generally repel instead of attract us to get involved, until we know exactly what our intention is about them and whether the next step is to make a call, draft a responses, buy nails, talk to and so on.

 #2 Write down outcomes and actions, if we don't do them in the moment we think of them.  Even if we decide what we need to do about something and file it in psychic RAM, we run serious risk of losing sight of the action and creating  instant failure and unnecessary stress.  That part of us (the psychic RAM) thinks we could be doing everything in there all at once. 

#3.  Look at reminders (when we could effectively move in them.).  . . When you're in a certain context, to be the most efficient, you need to see all the things, that could done in that context. "A little bit of thinking (What's my intention? What's my next action?) creates relaxed focus and control."   

"Because most people resist thinking at all about many things.  Why?  Because their minds are so quick and sophisticated that they glance at a situation and freak themselves out with all the intricate details of what they're afraid they have to think about -- if they thought about it.  So it has a piece of them, psychologically.  Decide the outcome and the action step, put reminders of those somewhere where our brains trust you'll see them at the right time and listen to your brain breathe easier: "Ah, done . . For now."

Good reminders!  I hope to start some blog posts taking these one step at a time.  It's like a complete opposite of the evening where it was all given in 2 hours.  Now we will have time to process and implement.

Who's with me?!