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Discussion Forum > AKA Drift Mode?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oHBG3ABUJU

August 22, 2011 at 4:14 |

Seraphim

+JMJ+

Oh no, I just saw myself...

August 22, 2011 at 6:59 |

nuntym

I used to do that on purpose! I avoided writing stuff down by just doing everything immediately. I imagined it like the "stack" in a computer, and I kept track pretty well of each layer of interruption. The breaking point was when I would spend all day getting back down to the bottom of the stack. That's when I became one of "those people" who made lists!

August 22, 2011 at 8:44 |

Bernie

No, this isn't really drift mode. As one of the commenters on the video says this is a case of Proximity Prioritisation Syndrome: that which is closest to you gets your immediate attention - also known as "Do It Now". I discuss this in my first book "Get Everything Done".

And it can strike at any age - ask any teenager!

August 22, 2011 at 8:54 |

Mark Forster

AKA menopause!

August 22, 2011 at 14:07 |

silviastraka

<<No, this isn't really drift mode>>

I didn't think so either. Drift mode would be a video of me, sitting on my computer, reading about why my friend's diet isn't working.

August 22, 2011 at 14:30 |

avrum

Great! I didn't realize it had a more precise name. Thanks Mark and Avrum! (and obliquely, Sylvia also!)

August 23, 2011 at 5:12 |

Seraphim