**A mental and emotional state where you're able to respond appropriately to inputs, without distraction.** One of the recurring themes in the [[GTD]] book was the goal of achieving “Mind Like Water”. Mind Like Water is a state where you are able to react without issue to the situation at hand, like how water freely forms to match the inside of whatever shape contain it is poured in. > Mind Like Water: A mental and emotional state in which your head is clear, able to create and respond freely, unencumbered with distractions and split [[focus]]. —David Allen Another quote from the book: > Between the time you woke up today and now, did you think of anything you needed to do that you still haven't done? Have you had that thought more than once? Why? > It's a waste of time and energy to keep thinking about something that you make no progress on. And it only adds to your anxiety about what you should be doing and aren't. **** # More ## Source - [[Getting Things Done The Art of Stress-Free Productivity]] ## Related - [[Dan Harris's 10 Buddhist Principles]] - [[Reaction vs Response]]