From the course: Getting Things Done
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Clarifying meaning
- So we need to now clarify what it is that we had our attention on. And what does clarify mean? Well, in a way you could think of it as processing the stuff that you've captured. Most people still have some thinking and decision making about stuff that's on their list. Very often I'll see things on a to-do list that look like mom, or bank, or doctor, or strategic plan. And that's great, you captured something there, but then there's still some decision making you need to apply. I mean, what attention do you need to put on mom and her birthday? What attention do you still need to put on the bank and your credit line? So that's the executive decision making you need to make about what do these things really mean? And what specifically are you going to do about them, if anything? So there's some very simple, but very profound questions you need to ask about everything that you've captured or collected. If you pick up something out of your in-basket, something you had your attention on…
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