Capture Before You Prioritize

Your brain is not a priority engine. Capture first GTD starts with capture because loose work competes for attention even when you are not doing it. A messy inbox, a remembered promise, and a calendar conflict all create the same internal noise: do not forget me. The capture step moves that noise to a trusted inbox so your attention can return to judgment. Clarify before ranking A captured item is still raw. Clarify asks what the item means and what the next action is. Reply to Arun about the budget is different from Budget issue. Once the next action is…

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