I’m amazed at how difficult and confusing it can be when it comes to retaining and organizing large amounts of new information.

I consume information by the volumes each and every day through the news, the internet, magazine articles and books. But I typically don’t use this information for anything other than for my own edification or entertainment.

Now don’t misunderstand me. I always make mental notes on this stuff, but I rarely make any written notes.  And unless I’m unusually impressed by something, most of the information I take in from these mediums are largely forgotten in only a few days.

But now I’m taking a very different approach to retention and organization.

All this leads me to realize that only the things I really, really care about (or more to the point, the things I write down and review over and over again) tend to be retained long term. While the rest is subject to the strength (or weakness) of my short term memory.

So if you are having the same difficulty as me, here is a tool that I am using now, and have actually used in the past with great success.

It’s a book written back in 2001, and a National Bestseller by author David Allen, simply entitled, Getting Things Done.


It’s not terribly lengthy (just a little over 250 pages), but it has a ton of helpful information about how to go about organizing and retaining new information.

So if you’re in the market for an inexpensive tool (it costs around $11.00) to help you manage your daily activities, this book can help tremendously.  It’s helped a lot of other people too, as evidenced by the number of customer reviews (593 at the time of this writing).

You can learn more by clicking on the book cover (above), or by checking with your favorite bookseller.  Otherwise you can send me a comment asking for more information, and I’ll be happy to tell you everything I know about David’s techniques.

There is no affiliate link here, and no commissions to be paid in the event you were to buy the book from either of these links.  I’m simply linking you to the sales page for Amazon.com.

I hope this is helpful.

Good luck!

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