Tag: GTD

  • Getting things done can be addictive. The joy you get from finally being empowered to do things you previously could not is a feedback loop that must be controlled for some of us. 🔗 the solution might be cancelling my AI subscription

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  • What you’re putting off now is not going to get any easier or less boring to do in the future. So, try to just do it now and gift yourself future self the lack of that bullshit.

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  • my “shopping” note keeps me from buying dumb shit all the time – Instead of actually impulse buying, put it on a list to get that dopamine hit. // “for the past year and a half i have been keeping a plain note (it started as an apple note but now i use obsidian) titled…

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  • Getting things “done” in large tech companies – If the executives don’t know you did something cool, you didn’t do something cool. Legible.

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  • Rest for the restless – “Maybe it’s my low tolerance for boredom. I can’t help but do something, anything. If only I could embrace boredom, and just let myself be. I can do a seated meditation for 10 minutes with no big issue of fidgeting, just focusing on my breath. But that’s still doing something?…

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  • Link: Keep a common place book

    “Wisdom, not facts. We’re not just looking random pieces of information. What’s the point of that? Your commonplace book, over a lifetime (or even just several years), can accumulate a mass of true wisdom–that you can turn to in times of crisis, opportunity, depression or job.” Original source: Keep a common place book

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  • Link: Hacking Your To Do List with Your Calendar

    Explained like this, this makes a lot a sense: “When accepting a task, this philosophy proposes immediately allocating time in the calendar to accomplish it. Consider the due date, the time required, and the relative importance. Then book the slot…. This extra step reinforces the rigid time constraint immediately, not later when I’m staring at…

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  • Creative People Say No

    parislemon: Kevin Ashton: Saying “no” has more creative power than ideas, insights and talent combined. No guards time, the thread from which we weave our creations. The math of time is simple: you have less than you think and need more than you know. We are not taught to say “no.” We are taught not…

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