Steveer Robbins here. Welcome to the Get It Done Guys, quick and dirty tips to work less and do more.

Sheila wrote in, my to-do list items are stuck on little pieces of paper everywhere.

It's driving me crazy. Do you have a task manager system that will help?

Well, my task manager's system for tracking a to-do list combines elements of two systems,

getting things done by David Allen and AutoFocus 4 by Mark Forster.

Links to both systems are in this episode's transcript at get it done.quick and dirty tips.com.

Why are the to-do sticky notes causing your head to explode? Because you never quite know

where they all are. Sure, you have a bunch at your desk. A few are probably in your car.

And there's even the note you wrote while getting your weekly massage. When he saw

you writing, your masseur Boris dug into your back so hard you almost dropped your iPhone.

David Allen says we need a Zen mind, a mind like water, calm, placid, and apparently moist.

You get a moist mind by having a system that handles everything in your

life. When a thought pops to mind, you know what to do. First, put on the aluminum foil hat to make

sure the idea isn't being beamed into your head by aliens. Then, put that thought in your system

that handles everything. Suddenly, your mind

is clear again. This only works if the system is so reliable that you know, down to the tips

of your brightly painted toenails. You know you have them, guys, that putting something in

means you will get to it. You have to trust the system.

And that, my friends, is probably the first time those words have ever passed my lips.

Trust the system, indeed.

In getting things done, David presents a wonderful, trustworthy system that handles everything.

It even has a little flowchart.

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