Written by Al at 7P on April 22nd, 2008
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Sometimes we sabotage our own efforts without realizing it. A bad plan can doom a project even before the first step is made. Proper prior planning prevents pitifully poor performance.
There are many guidelines for a successful plan. One of them is so important that there are different ways to describe it: […]
Written by Al at 7P on February 28th, 2008
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Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment … seeming to do is not doing.
- Thomas Edison
Bill Gates, Oprah Winfrey, and the Dalai Lama. They are all from different worlds, but what do each of them have in common? Other than being […]
Written by Al at 7P on February 18th, 2008
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I’m a zealot, I admit it. As I looked back at my posts related to David Allen’s Getting Things Done (GTD), my writings were that of an “insider” and I was using insider jargon.
When it comes to GTD, the web seems to have two camps: those who follow it, and those who […]
Written by Al at 7P on January 28th, 2008
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For those who follow Getting Things Done or any other kind of a productivity system, you know what I mean if I use the phrase “productivity guilt.” You have something on your schedule that you’re supposed to be doing, or some task that is on your to-do list, and you just […]
Written by Al at 7P on January 14th, 2008
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You heard about this new personal productivity system that everyone’s talking about called Getting It Done. You decided to adopt this system and you found that it’s indeed effective in taming the deluge of tasks and information. You took David Allen’s system, tweaked it to suit your style, and you’re functioning like a […]