Discussion Forum > The greatest advice I've ever had on self-management
"Any system is better than having no system, and having no system is better than constantly changing systems."
February 1, 2013 at 9:01 |
Mark Forster
Mark Forster
"The best way to get things done is to do them, the best way to do them is to start doing them."
February 1, 2013 at 11:43 |
smeatho
smeatho
"Use one of Mark Forster's systems"
February 1, 2013 at 15:36 |
Paul MacNeil
Paul MacNeil
"Stop dicking around posting on forums and just get on with your work"
February 2, 2013 at 19:51 |
Chris
Chris
"Do it. Do it right. Do it right now."
"Not choosing is actually a choice."
"Not choosing is actually a choice."
February 4, 2013 at 16:26 |
Cricket
Cricket
February 4, 2013 at 21:22 |
Mark Forster
Mark Forster
Circa mid-90s
Clinical Supervisor (CS): Have you ever been in therapy?
Me: No. Things are fine.
CS: You can't do therapy if you haven't been in therapy.
Clinical Supervisor (CS): Have you ever been in therapy?
Me: No. Things are fine.
CS: You can't do therapy if you haven't been in therapy.
February 5, 2013 at 19:00 |
avrum
avrum
Write everything in one place (notes, to dos, waiting for items) and review that one place often.
Once I discovered this one rule gave me 80% of the productivity of anything and everything I tried before I stopped looking for time management advice which further improved my productivity.
Gerry
Once I discovered this one rule gave me 80% of the productivity of anything and everything I tried before I stopped looking for time management advice which further improved my productivity.
Gerry
February 6, 2013 at 14:00 |
Gerry
Gerry
"On your deathbed, you'll regret the things you haven't done more than the things you have done."
February 7, 2013 at 1:19 |
Mark Forster
Mark Forster
Mark:
""On your deathbed, you'll regret the things you haven't done more than the things you have done."
A couple of months before my father died, he said something similar. Unfortunately, he was never able to put this advice into practice.
""On your deathbed, you'll regret the things you haven't done more than the things you have done."
A couple of months before my father died, he said something similar. Unfortunately, he was never able to put this advice into practice.
February 7, 2013 at 15:49 |
avrum
avrum
"Do not try to fix what is not broken."
February 10, 2013 at 14:04 |
Daneb
Daneb
One of my favourites:
"If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?"
"If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?"
March 7, 2013 at 22:19 |
GeorgeS
GeorgeS
“Anything worth doing is worth doing badly.”
― G.K. Chesterton
― G.K. Chesterton
March 7, 2013 at 23:12 |
ubi
ubi
"If not now, when?"
March 8, 2013 at 11:56 |
Mark Forster
Mark Forster
Separate the planning from the doing.
In other words, devote a time, maybe a morning a week, to planning carefully the coming days. Then just execute the result without distracting yourself by second guessing the plan.
In other words, devote a time, maybe a morning a week, to planning carefully the coming days. Then just execute the result without distracting yourself by second guessing the plan.
March 8, 2013 at 18:46 |
David C
David C
Less is less.
March 16, 2013 at 17:45 |
Christopher
Christopher
"Only be as organized as you need to. No more."
That is all.