43 Folders

43 Folders feed subscription icon - Shiny!Time, Attention, and Creative Work. After 4 years and a lot of productivity pr0n, we’re shifting gears. Re-learn how to use 43 Folders. Then back to work. [»]

”What’s 43 Folders?”
43Folders.com is Merlin Mann’s website about finding the time and attention to do your best creative work.

Podcast: Interview with GTD's David Allen on Procrastination

Productive Talk #01: Procrastination

As I mentioned yesterday, today 43 Folders and The David Allen Company are happy to bring you the first in a series of wide-ranging conversations that David and I recently had about Getting Things Done.

So, let’s kick things off with a goodie. Here’s The David’s take on that devil, Procrastination.

In this episode, David and Merlin talk about a very popular topic on 43 Folders – procrastination. They discuss where procrastination comes from and how GTD can help get you back to cranking widgets. (13:21)

Grab the MP3, learn more at Odeo.com, or just listen from here:


powered by ODEO

Subscribe to the 43 Folders Podcast on Odeo.com Subscribe to the 43 Folders podcast in iTunes


Links

Related posts on 43 Folders

Jay's picture

Merlin's comment about Andi Lamont...

Merlin’s comment about Andi Lamont (sp?) giving herself permission to “write a shtty first draft” reminds me of Eric Raymond’s The Cathedral and the Bazaar (about open-source softwar developement):

You often don’t really understand the problem until after the first time you implement a solution”

Also, Fred Brooks says in The Mythical Man-Month: “Plan to throw one away: you will, anyhow.”

Giving yourself the luxury of making mistakes the first time around – assuming you’re not defusing a bomb – is very freeing.

 
EXPLORE 43Folders THE GOOD STUFF

An Oblique Strategy:
Honor thy error as a hidden intention


STAY IN THE LOOP:

Subscribe with Google Reader

Subscribe on Netvibes

Add to Technorati Favorites

Subscribe on Pageflakes

Add RSS feed

The Podcast Feed

Inbox Zero

The original 43 Folders series looking at the skills, tools, and attitude needed to empty your email inbox — and then keep it that way. Don’t miss the free video of Merlin’s Inbox Zero presentation.

Making Time

3-part series on attention management for artists and makers. Read Bad Correspondence, The Job You Think You Have, and One Clear Line.