GTD in a nutshell

CNN features David Allen in their "People You Should Know" section. The author of the lifehacker's bible, Getting Things Done describes the basics of the system:

One of the key steps in GTD is to get all of the information you're carrying around out of your head and put it someplace safe until you're ready to use it.

Allen said making a list can help you feel better when you feel overwhelmed, confused and out of control.

"If you'd figured out why that happened, you'd never keep anything in your head again for the rest of your life," he said. "Nothing in your world changed, but somehow how you engaged with your world changed."

Nothing new here for the current (or former) GTD'er, but a good birds-eye view for newbies on why nerds are wild about Allen's methodology.