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If you don't have the steps to achieve X and you can't come up with the steps on the fly (or the steps you know do not work) then you will not be able to do X w
by DelightOne 6y ago
If you don't have the steps to achieve X and you can't come up with the steps on the fly (or the steps you know do not work) then you will not be able to do X when you want to.
- reidjs 6y agoIn my understanding X is a situation not a goal to achieve. So it can be as simple as 'Today at 5pm' or 'I am at a bar craving a cigarette'
- DelightOne 6y agoMy comment was more a general issue. If you know what to do then planning specific slots to do them, makes sense.
- Tyr42 6y agoI know I procrastinate when I don't know how to start. But learning how to break things down into chunks and make a checklist makes it a lot easier to avoid that. A well defined task is actually fun to do, and I'm much less likely to avoid it.
- vitabenes 6y agoI think this has to with the unknowns of modern work. In knowledge work, we need to: 1. Define the work 2. Do the work Can't do what's not defined. In general, the simple advice I give our clients is to take a piece of paper and a pen, and put all the ideas about the task out there. Take 5-15 minutes and try to define it. Basecamp's Shape Up book is a lot about managing the unknowns.