Read this on What's the next action blog and thought it was pretty cool:
"...No matter how though it gets, no matter how swamped you are in work and you have bad days with a big honkin' backog of things to do. There are, really, only two problems in your life. Want to know which one and how to deal with it?
First problem: You know what you want but you don't know how to get it.
Second problem: You don't know what you want.
Isn't that great? Think about this for a minute or so and you will see that every open loop, every issue you have, little or big, can be reduced to the above two problems.
So, if there are only two problems, there must be only two solutions right? Right. And look at the above problems. You know what the solutions are? Make it up. And make it happen. It's that simple. You don't know how to get from A to B but you know you want to in B? Well, make up the next action. Think, brainstorm about the possible succesfull outcomes and how to get there. And then think about your Next Action.
You don't know what you want? Same thing. Is it because you can't decide? Think about the succesfull outcome and go back to your next action. Or is it because you don't have all the information yet? There is your next action. Make sure you get the info. Call, email, walk into a library, talk to someone, whatever. But make it happen.
So when you look at those two solutions, make it up and make it happen, it really boils down to the heart and soul of GTD. What's the succesfull outcome and what's the next action?"