# Zettlekasten and Getting Things Done #seed For anyone familiar with the productivity system, [[allen2015GettingThingsDone|Getting Things Done (GTD) by David Allen]], there’s a nice commonality between the two methodologies. Broadly speaking, both prioritize externalizing your thoughts: with GTD, you externalize your tasks to help clear up your mind for better productivity and focus. With [[Zettelkasten]], you externalize your thoughts to help make new and interesting connections between them. --- See also: - [[ahrens2017HowTakeSmart|Ahrens, S. (2017). How to take smart notes.]] - [[allen2015GettingThingsDone|Allen, D. (2015). Getting things done.]]