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Make Lists. Not Too Much. Mostly Do.
- RiderOfGiraffes 17y ago> The most famous line from the entire book are its > first eight words, which, he says, sums up his whole > philosophy: > > Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants. I'm confused - where's the eighth word? Apart from that, I liked this article. It's not too deep, it doesn't contain Earth-shattering advice, but it has served to re-focus my efforts to get things done in a mountain of tasks, obligations and distractions. I've put "Find the eighth word" on a list ...
- Retric 17y agoI thougt it was "Eat real food, not too much, mostly plants" but that could just be my bad memory.
- davidmathers 17y agohttp://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/28/magazine/28nutritionism.t.html http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/28/magazine/28nutritionism.t....
- chops 17y agoMaybe he just counted syllables.
- yason 17y agoA programmer's version would probably be: Write code. Not too much. Mostly think.
- diN0bot 17y agoan hn poll tipped me off to pivotal tracker http://pivotaltracker.com http://proudlyprocrasdonating.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/project-management-and-motivation/ the number of hours i put in each week has increased (charts are just so damn motivating for me), plus the whole team is more focused. it's an awesome tool. i want to hug the developers.
- RiderOfGiraffes 17y agoClickable: http://pivotaltracker.com http://pivotaltracker.com http://proudlyprocrasdonating.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/project-management-and-motivation/ http://proudlyprocrasdonating.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/proje...
- judofyr 17y agoWhile clickabilty is nice, it makes me a little sad you have more points than the parent.
- hrishimittal 17y agoDon't be sad. It's just points.
- mojuba 17y agoDo whatever is necessary to do the (most important) items on your list. ... and when nothing obviously is needs to be done now, look at your list, and do more. Then go home and relax. Pure wisdom. The entire article is so enlightening. I didn't know I should do something during the day and then go home and relax. I always thought it was quite the opposite.
- epall 17y agoSo basically...GTD
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- richardburton 17y agoGreat advice. I find that any to-do list that I use on my computer distracts my flow because I flip to another window or get away from my browser/Textmate work and try to find the thing to tick. There's something enormously satisfying about crossing out something you've written onto a quality notepad.