How to Get Things Done When You Have Trouble Getting Things Done
focus on one big project at a time (or at most, one work project and one nonwork project) and see it to completion before moving on to what’s next.
Oliver Burkeman • Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
In general: Use every trick you know to make yourself start tackling Must + Now for even 15 minutes. Then: Take walks, take breaks, and allow yourself not to think about anything for a while. Time your breaks, and get back to short sprints of work.
Jessica Abel • Growing Gills: How to Find Creative Focus When You’re Drowning in Your Daily Life
Leo Babauta’s brilliant little book Zen Habits helps you think your way through this problem. His program is simple: Attempt to create only one significant work a year. Break that into smaller projects, and every day, find three tasks to accomplish that will help you complete a project. And do only that during your working hours.
Seth Godin • Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?
or some people, but I can’t tell you how many times I’ve arrived home at night and am at a loss as to what I actually got done that day, despite the fact that I worked all day.
And I also can’t tell you how often I’ve had a huge, highly-structured todo list in front of me with 100 things on it and I stare at it and am paralyzed into inaction (or, mo... See more
And I also can’t tell you how often I’ve had a huge, highly-structured todo list in front of me with 100 things on it and I stare at it and am paralyzed into inaction (or, mo... See more
Marc Andreessen • Pmarca Guide to Personal Productivity
I quickly learned that forcing myself to do something, even the most menial of tasks, quickly made the larger tasks seem much easier. If I had to redesign an entire website, then I’d force myself to sit down and would say, “OK, I’ll just design the header right now.” But after the header was done, I’d find myself moving on to other parts of it. And
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