What was the inspiration for GTD?

Q: What was the inspiration for GTD?  Was there an “a-ha” moment when you realized that the existing methods just didn’t work for you?

David Allen: No overnight epiphanies. Lots of trial and error,  but with a overriding interest in how to create and maintain “clear space”.  I hate unproductive stress, and as my awareness and sensitivities improved about that, so did my discoveries of what processes helped alleviate it.

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