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Clay at The Growing Life is on to some very thought-provoking ideas.
This is number 3 on his list:
Here’s one of way measuring productivity:
P = W/t
Productivity (P) is work accomplished (W) divided by time (t). We’ve traditionally tried to increase productivity by amping up work output (e.g. Getting Things Done by David Allen). But there’s another means to skyrocketing productivity: leaving work right where it is and decreasing “t” or time (see here). This focus on increasing productivity by decreasing time is, I believe, what differentiates Productivity 2.0 from it predecessor. And, ironically, mechanisms used to decrease time — like automation and personal outsourcing — often increase work while simultaneously decreasing time.
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“Without freedom from the past,
there is no freedom at all, because
the mind is never new, fresh, innocent.”
~ Krishnamurti
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I am working on collecting Personal Mission Statements from readers and writers, near and far. Benjamin from WOWNDADI and I are collaborating on this project, and it looks to be a lot of fun.
We will be publishing a Carnival of Mission Statements featuring your own submissions and links to other personal development bloggers around the world. Get involved!
Please add your own Personal Mission Statement in the Comments, or e-mail them to stephen [at] hdbizblog [dot] com.
Reading online is one of my passions. It was a great day when I found Google Reader and was able to navigate my way around RSS and Atom feeds! I love reading just about anything on which I can lay my hands.
Being an avid reader, I often throttle myself about the lack of time that I have to read published works: but if you would count the amount of reading I do online, it would amount to about a 500 page book per week!
I am constantly on a journey of self-exploration and growth. All that I read on my daily RSS feeds as well as anywhere else helps me to grow. My latest “spurt” is incorporating both GTD and The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, with the guidance of Stephen at Productivity in Context. From his blog, I have leapt also to read Christine O’Kelly, who is indeed a very powerful and down-to-earth person.
Creating my own blog at blog.wordswithin.info, I gather things that are of interest to me and I would hope to others as well. I have an eclectic mix of material in which most anyone should be able to find something that they like. I am also happy to accept critiques and suggestions: without them we never learn!
Thanks, I am looking forward to sharing more of these with you. For more information on writing your own Personal Mission Statement, see this post[link]. And you can download a worksheet here [right-click and “Save As”].
UPDATE: A reader has submitted a new mission statement:
“God preserves His order despite our chaos.”
It reminds me that there is order in spite of failure to create, much less
clean out, my in box! ~C
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This past week, Leo from Zen Habits interviewed Stephen Covey, legendary author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Stephen of Productivity in Context also made reference to this interview. The conversation between Leo and Covey is striking. Some observations:
Covey wrote his opus in 1988
Leo asks for specifics several times but it seems that Covey dodges the question or only provides general answers
When asked what Covey thought about Getting Things Done, he described it as “overly simplistic” (ouch!)
My personal sense was that Leo and Covey were on an entirely different wavelength.
What to make of this?
My first thought was disappointment in Covey’s responses but then I stepped back and reminded myself that Covey’s prime was somewhere about 10 years ago, roughly 10 years after the launch of 7 Habits.As we approach the 6 year mark of Getting Things Done, it’s safe to say that David Allen is happily in his prime and has plenty of gas left in the tank. But what’s the “next big thing”? Who comes after Allen when GTD fizzles into what we perceive to be old material?
It certainly makes you wonder. You can join in a discussion of the future of productivity and knowledge management in the forum [link]. Registration is free, and keeps out the V|@gr@ spammers.
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February 29th, 2008 by Stephen
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Please take a look at our sponsors. (Hosting isn't free...)Productivity (P) is work accomplished (W) divided by time (t). We’ve traditionally tried to increase productivity by amping up work output (e.g. Getting Things Done by David Allen). But there’s another means to skyrocketing productivity: leaving work right where it is and decreasing “t” or time (see here). This focus on increasing productivity by decreasing time is, I believe, what differentiates Productivity 2.0 from it predecessor. And, ironically, mechanisms used to decrease time — like automation and personal outsourcing — often increase work while simultaneously decreasing time.
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