Tag: “Reflect”

We have seen how we can achieve a very high level of control in our life by capturing everything that holds our interest, clarifying what each thing means and deciding what to do with it, and organizing all those reminders so that we can easily access them at the right time.

There are two key elements in self-management: control and perspective. These two concepts interact with each other but are achieved using different approaches.

We have seen how you can transform all the to-dos in your life into a set of perfectly organized reminders in a trusted system. We could say that the first three stages of the GTD methodology workflow form the “organizational apparatus” of the method:

I have recently discussed what open loops are and why their mismanagement (or simply their lack of management) is often the cause of poor personal performance, both at work and in other matters of personal life.

Continuing with the theme of the previous post (coping with the increasing complexity of life) and digging a little deeper, the key to coping with any situation is to stay calm and focus on what is really important.