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The "7 Habits of Highly...

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The "7 Habits of Highly...

The “7 Habits of Highly Effective People” talks about production and production capacity. GTD is production capacity work. Production capacity work must clearly be balanced with production work. There is nothing that frees us from having to Do The Work. :>

A Year of Getting Things Done: Part 2, The Stuff I Wish I Were Better At By: Merlin Mann (43 replies) December 30, 2004 - 2:25am
  • Yeah, I know how you... By: Kirk McElhearn (2004-12-30 03:11)
  • Your main problem is my... By: Tyler Weir (2004-12-30 05:53)
  • Great post. So when... By: Eugene Chan (2004-12-30 06:06)
  • I'd recommend an index card... By: Teri Pittman (2004-12-30 06:44)
  • @Eugene: Your next actions should... By: Merlin (2004-12-30 07:11)
  • same discussion happening in the... By: luke (2004-12-30 07:47)
  • Merlin: Of course the benefit of... By: Jeff Abbott (2004-12-30 07:59)
  • Me, I'm waiting for the... By: freddy (2004-12-30 08:27)
  • Heh. I probably should have... By: Merlin (2004-12-30 08:31)
  • Great posts, Merlin. As always... By: Josh (2004-12-30 09:25)
  • Josh: A couple of thoughts-- --when a... By: Jeff Abbott (2004-12-30 10:23)
  • I think my biggest problem... By: Elf Sternberg (2004-12-30 10:24)
  • Whoa, Elf Sternberg! You’re totally... By: Merlin (2004-12-30 11:17)
  • Another comment on Merlin's comment... By: Kirk McElhearn (2004-12-30 11:18)
  • Yep, that’s dead on, Kirk. Entourage,... By: Merlin (2004-12-30 11:24)
  • I found the "trusted system"... By: MarkTAW (2004-12-30 12:24)
  • The "7 Habits of Highly... By: Bad Feng Shui (2004-12-30 12:53)
  • The 'perfect hack', whether mind... By: Paul Kalupnieks (2004-12-30 13:20)
  • After reading Getting Things Done... By: Karen Lofstrom (2004-12-30 14:01)
  • Great post. I especially... By: SuperJason (2004-12-30 14:15)
  • Merlin, It's funny that you mention... By: David Ham (2004-12-30 19:11)
  • Super post (great site). I... By: Danny (2004-12-31 01:13)
  • I'm a woodworker, and we... By: Joe Ganley (2004-12-31 11:29)
  • Merlin, I appreciate your honesty... By: Lisa Schmeiser (2004-12-31 12:21)
  • Josh: I'm a grad student in... By: Ericka (2005-01-01 16:59)
  • I, too, have "finally (and... By: John Clark (2005-01-02 03:12)
  • Get rid of the tickler... By: Francisco (2005-01-02 17:54)
  • I'm as geeky as the... By: jurgen (2005-01-03 18:40)
  • I just wanted to say... By: Dale Cruse (2005-01-04 07:15)
  • This is all so familiar... By: David McCormick (2005-01-05 09:20)
  • Great post, and great site... By: ZZamboni (2005-01-05 11:54)
  • And my fourteen cents. Not... By: azeem (2005-02-07 13:03)
  • Productivity for the New Year Productivity... By: (2004-12-30 05:46)
  • More on porting suit-productivity to... By: Boing Boing (2004-12-30 10:51)
  • Preach it, brother Amen.%3... By: (2004-12-30 12:17)
  • Getting Things Done -- a... By: JayAllen - The Daily Journey (2005-01-01 18:59)
  • The Year Of Getting Things... By: We Can't Tell Reality From Fantasy (2005-01-01 21:02)
  • Getting Things Done We all need... By: random ruminations (2005-01-02 09:04)
  • Using GTD, what's the lesson? I... By: What's the next action (2005-01-23 03:25)
  • Slipstreaming and GTD intr.v. slip·streamed, slip·str By: Genuine Curiosity (2005-04-16 20:54)
  • Time management for anarchists I found... By: Jonathan Boutelle's home on the net (2005-05-04 04:36)
  • Time management for anarchists I found... By: Jonathan Boutelle's home on the net (2005-05-04 04:40)
  • Time management for anarchists I found... By: Jonathan Boutelle's home on the net (2005-05-04 06:32)
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