Comments on: Doing Less http://www.productivity501.com/doing-less-3/5646/ Pieces of the productivity puzzle. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:44:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ed Martin http://www.productivity501.com/doing-less-3/5646/comment-page-1/#comment-130945 Ed Martin Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:49:46 +0000 http://www.productivity501.com/?p=5646#comment-130945 So much of what we do is work by template. For instance, we fill out forms and write long reports because we've always done it that way. We write 40 page plans filled with boilerplate because that's the way the template says, when we should really be writing 1 page plans that really mean something. We could take the time we save in writing and use it for thinking about what we need to say. Less work and more thought is a good thing. So much of what we do is work by template. For instance, we fill out forms and write long reports because we’ve always done it that way. We write 40 page plans filled with boilerplate because that’s the way the template says, when we should really be writing 1 page plans that really mean something. We could take the time we save in writing and use it for thinking about what we need to say. Less work and more thought is a good thing.

]]> By: José Miguel Bolívar http://www.productivity501.com/doing-less-3/5646/comment-page-1/#comment-130861 José Miguel Bolívar Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:34:15 +0000 http://www.productivity501.com/?p=5646#comment-130861 GTD is definitely not about doing more. It's about emptying your mind to reach a stress-free status. Whether you want to do a lot or a little, GTD is just to serve you achieving it, not you serving GTD. GTD is definitely not about doing more. It’s about emptying your mind to reach a stress-free status. Whether you want to do a lot or a little, GTD is just to serve you achieving it, not you serving GTD.

]]> By: Mark Arnold http://www.productivity501.com/doing-less-3/5646/comment-page-1/#comment-130752 Mark Arnold Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:13:45 +0000 http://www.productivity501.com/?p=5646#comment-130752 Going in a certain direction to reach your goals (short or long term) involves stepping back and realizing where your actions will take you. This does make you realize whether you are on the right track or not. Think Huge when you're working towards your goals. Think Huge is all about: Vision: knowing where you want to go and how to bring your ideas to life Time: committing your limited time to what’s important Perseverance: staying the course even when obstacles threaten your dream Going in a certain direction to reach your goals (short or long term) involves stepping back and realizing where your actions will take you. This does make you realize whether you are on the right track or not. Think Huge when you’re working towards your goals.
Think Huge is all about:
Vision: knowing where you want to go and how to bring your ideas to life
Time: committing your limited time to what’s important
Perseverance: staying the course even when obstacles threaten your dream

]]> By: Armen Shirvanian http://www.productivity501.com/doing-less-3/5646/comment-page-1/#comment-130715 Armen Shirvanian Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:42:32 +0000 http://www.productivity501.com/?p=5646#comment-130715 Hi Mark. You are right about doing more. It doesn't serve a purpose unless it gets us further toward our destination. Sometimes I do more and it gets me a lot of distance, but it doesn't really help much, and I later regret doing so much for so little result. To-do lists only tend to help when we are well directed. Nice to read this material on the other end of the busyness issue. Hi Mark.

You are right about doing more. It doesn’t serve a purpose unless it gets us further toward our destination. Sometimes I do more and it gets me a lot of distance, but it doesn’t really help much, and I later regret doing so much for so little result. To-do lists only tend to help when we are well directed.

Nice to read this material on the other end of the busyness issue.

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