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The graphic design is stunning. I did find it to be a massive distraction after the second or third page however. There is a time and a place for an artistic

The graphic design is stunning. I did find it to be a massive distraction after the second or third page however. There is a time and a place for an artistic touch and in this case, I found it distracting. I find hand-written text difficult to read past 24pt and when done in gray, even more so. Ultimately however, I think the greatest disagreement I have comes from the content itself - it reminds me of all the little tactics project managers I've had tried to use. All the 'team building' and 'team lunches' and 'daily stand ups'. Life is about strategy, the long haul, not tactics. This approach is non-stop tactics and it never pauses to ask why go through all this? What are you trying to accomplish and is lack of organization bordering on OCD really the thing holding you back? Maybe it is, and if so, great. This obsession with arbitrary processes to me, is simply manager-types trying to justify their existence and slick sales-men, trying to sell yet another 'productivity booster' that has no empirical evidence behind it, just slick advertising, such as these beautiful illustrations.

afarrell 6y ago
> Life is about strategy, the long haul, not tactics. Life is about both. Strategy and tactics. Words and action. For some people, if they make a bunch of grand strategic plans but don't follow through, then they repeatedly disappoint those around them. They find themselves lonely and stressed as they lose jobs and relationships with people who are sick and tired of them "making excuses". > is lack of organization bordering on OCD really the thing holding you back? Maybe it is, and if so, great. > arbitrary processes They look arbitrary to you because the author doesn't explain the "Why" behind her system -- likely because it is very personal.
- alexashka 6y ago
  > They look arbitrary to you because the author doesn't explain the "Why" behind her system -- likely because it is very personal. Well, when something becomes a course, it is no longer about the author, it is about the people the author offers the course to. I don't want to discourage people from trying new things and developing their own systems, courses, whatever. I do feel the need to point out that we live in an age of immense amounts of information and one needs to be very careful not to engage in information pollution. If there is a system similar to yours, there is no need to create your own that you think is slightly better. We really don't need another flavor of candy, at some point we need less 'stuff' and less people engaging in trying to sell us something, not more. I think we've been at that point for a few decades.

afarrell 6y ago

> Life is about strategy, the long haul, not tactics. Life is about both. Strategy and tactics. Words and action. For some people, if they make a bunch of grand strategic plans but don't follow through, then they repeatedly disappoint those around them. They find themselves lonely and stressed as they lose jobs and relationships with people who are sick and tired of them "making excuses". > is lack of organization bordering on OCD really the thing holding you back? Maybe it is, and if so, great. > arbitrary processes They look arbitrary to you because the author doesn't explain the "Why" behind her system -- likely because it is very personal.

alexashka 6y ago
> They look arbitrary to you because the author doesn't explain the "Why" behind her system -- likely because it is very personal. Well, when something becomes a course, it is no longer about the author, it is about the people the author offers the course to. I don't want to discourage people from trying new things and developing their own systems, courses, whatever. I do feel the need to point out that we live in an age of immense amounts of information and one needs to be very careful not to engage in information pollution. If there is a system similar to yours, there is no need to create your own that you think is slightly better. We really don't need another flavor of candy, at some point we need less 'stuff' and less people engaging in trying to sell us something, not more. I think we've been at that point for a few decades.