As to methods there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods. The man who tries methods, ignoring principles, is sure to have trouble. – Ralph Waldo Emerson Used.
An infinite number of things in the universe are held back from you only by your altitude and attitude.
The art of resting the mind and the power of dismissing from it all care and worry is probably one of the secrets of our great men. – Capt. J. A. Hatfield.
Frankly, as soon as you have two things to do stored only in your mind, you’ve generated personal failure, because you can’t do them both at the same time. This produces a pervasive stress factor whose source can’t be pinpointed.
One missed e-mail, untracked commitment, or decision avoided can have hugely magnified consequences.
You can try it for yourself right now, if you like. Choose one project that is new or stuck or that could simply use some improvement. Think of your purpose. Think of what a successful outcome would look like: where would you be physically, financially, in terms of reputation, or whatever? Brainstorm potential steps. Organize your ideas. Decide on the next actions. Are you any clearer about where you want to go and how to get there?
If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be: “meetings.” – DAVE BARRY.
Nothing is really new in this high-tech, globally wired world, except how frequently it is. When.
Imagination is more important than knowledge. – Albert Einstein.
When time itself turned into a work factor, personal calendars became a key work tool.
You don’t actually do a project; you can only do action steps related to it. When enough of the right action steps have been taken, some situation will have been created that matches your initial picture of the outcome closely enough that you can call it “done.” The list of projects is the compilation of finish lines we put before us, to keep our next actions moving on all tracks appropriately.
A task left undone remains undone in two places – at the actual location of the task, and inside your head. Incomplete tasks in your head consume the energy of your attention as they gnaw at your conscience. – Brahma Kumaris.
A vision without a task is but a dream; a task without a vision is but drudgery; a vision and a task is the hope of the world. – From a church in Sussex, England, ca. 1730.
Rule your mind or it will rule you. – Horace.
My mission is to create a world where there are no problems only projects.
Bright people have the capability of freaking out faster and more dramatically than anyone else.
Water is what it is, and does what it does. It can overwhelm, but it’s not overwhelmed. It can be still, but it is not impatient. It can be forced to change course, but it is not frustrated.
Anything that does not belong where it is, the way it is, is an “open loop,” which will be pulling on your attention if it’s not appropriately managed. In.
There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the real labor of thinking. – THOMAS EDISON.
It’s fine to decide not to decide about something. You just need a decide-not-to-decide system to get it off your mind.