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On Not Getting Things Done

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Timothy Valentine - Summit Stairway

Getting Things Done® – David Allen‘s methodology works great for logical persons.

Once, I wrote about these:

While I try to force myself to do some things, energy matters a lot.

I have a lot of energy when doing things, not when sorting files on the desktop.

For this purpose, sometimes it is better not to read the emails, and instead to do the priority tasks of the day, and only later to go through the emails.

I work more efficiently in the morning.

I have some energy after working out (cardio or weight training).

I can cope with stress.

I enjoy deadlines.

Yes, knowing the principles of GTD is fine.

Knowing your limits, your tendencies, your addictions, your pleasures, your faults – these may matter even more.

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I can’t tell you the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everyone – Ed Sheeran

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The most powerful question to ask for self-development: "So, it's his fault?" (via Nigel Risner)

„I can’t tell you the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everyone” – Ed Sheeran HQ @edsheeran

If you have something to say, and you think it will displease a part of the audience, it is your duty to say it.

Yes, you will lose the audience, but constantly trying to please everyone is a sure way to constantly dissatisfy everyone.

Say some controversial things, take risks, keep your stance. You’ll fail at times, but, generally, it’s a better option than avoiding the risks.

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I kept postponing to write this article

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stefanos papachristou - time

Sheila Goldgrab, Forbes Councils Member: Contrary to what most people believe, it isn’t lack of discipline that causes procrastination. We procrastinate when we are feeling a strong emotion about the work we want to avoid and that causes us to put it off. (The Secret To Productivity Isn’t Time Management)

One solution I find to be working in my case, for things I tend to postpone, is to focus on the major thing. I open my email – I reply quickly to people waiting for answers from my part. I then focus on doing tasks that take some time.

I’m most productive in the first part of the day. After 18 hours, not so much.

I work better if I also work on weekends, rather than work intense 5 days of the week and reading books for two days.

The thing I find the hardest is that whenever I procrastinate and do things I’d actually prefer not doing, is to feel good. I feel guilty, and a. I don’t work. b. Also, don’t feel good about it.

(I also postponed a check spelling; too little, too late)

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App for Shopify: Discount Spin Wheel Exit Popup

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Discount Spin Wheel Exit Popup

I like this App for Shopify: Discount Spin Wheel Exit Popup | Shopify App Store.

The description says it all: „Spin to win Sale discount coupon game Exit intent Email pop up”.

Major Benefits of Spin Wheel Gamify Exit Intent Popup:

  • Get more sales as compared to regular discount popup;
  • Turn browsing visitors into paying customers;
  • Gear up your slow sale days with spin popup;
  • Make your store interactive and alive with Spin wheel game;
  • Promote sales on monthly and annual events;
  • Exit Intent popup will protect cart abandonment & boost conversion rate.

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Tactics vs. Strategy

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Orest Ukrainsky- The Queen Rules 1

I once read that for winning against the vast majority of chess players, all you need to do is know basic chess + have some good eye on tactics.

Once the level goes up a bit, though, tactics are not enough.

I find this true, also, in my life.

Yes, for certain moments in my life I could find specific and individual solutions.

Once I got into deep waters, tactics were not enough. I needed strategy.

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Winning at chess

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Tamas Garam - chess

Sometimes, I play chess. Yet, I don’t play a lot with people I know, I’m not motivated by this. In primary school, I and most of my friends had similar opportunities with being good in school. Most pupils preferred not to learn, I preferred to learn. I think genetics and parents also play a huge role, but I attribute a big part of my success in school to the time I put in learning, reading, educating myself.

So, if I were to be better than someone else in school, I would have been proud.

Yet, I never compared with top athletes. They also wouldn’t want to compare with me, as winning against a beginner would bring them no glory, while a potential (although very improbable) loss would bring them shame. It seems natural to compare yourself with people who have the same opportunities as yourself.

Yet, in the modern-day, this is not the case. I may play much more than others, or much less than others. Generally, there’s a big discrepancy in the time invested in the game.

I know one person who really wanted to beat me at chess, claimed to have trained a lot and won 3-1 (something in that area). But I hadn’t played, during that time, for a long time, while he claimed to have trained a lot.

If we compare professional players, they go „all in”. If they choose to spend 10 or 1 hour per day training, it’s their choice, and they’ll get results based on that. If one player decides to only train a little, while others invest in mental and physical education, that’s fair game.

But, in amateur chess, my one hour of training is not the same as others.

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