Once we have an understanding of what we’re up against, what we need to accomplish, and where to start, we have gained - some - mastery over it. This vicious cycle is hard to break without actually getting to work. The impending and nearing deadline reminds us the magnitude of the task which, in turn, makes the deadline too close to be realistic. In addition, they don’t give us clues as to where to start.Īs we procrastinate and put off complex task, that often turn out to not to be nearly as hard or complex as we had thought, we lose valuable time. Complex tasks are notorious for being opaque and out of reach. Put together they make for an explosive force that drain motivation and energy. We also don’t have control over what we can’t change. We don’t have control over the things we don’t understand or comprehend. Control is an umbrella word that spans many aspects. One of the potent forces that underline anxiety and worry is lack of control. TL DR: Read the headings and jump to the conclusion. With this in mind, and with much reluctance, did I put to words these three points. My bookshelf betrays my bias against self-help and motivational material, which exceeds my bias against fiction and is only diminished by my bias against cargo cults. While I don’t subscribe to the self-help movement, nor think it effective, I do believe advice borne of hard-earned experience can help the inexperienced and seasoned alike. Perhaps self-confidence and empowerment are the first methods in the self-help industry’s repertoire. Assuming for the moment that one could help herself, it’s harder to imagine her doing so through seeking help from another. It wants the benefactor, who is typically the customer of the self-help guru selling books, seminars, and workshops, to believe that they can help themselves. Self-help is an oxymoron of a special sort. For our purposes a wide-enough definition would be an accomplishment what one needs, or has, to meet. But do not limit yourself to any, this offers but good start. I believe they are the simplest, yet most effective, of all methods to be productive and efficient. Whatever you make of self-help, and whether you take this to constitute a form of it or not, I here present the top-most three means that I found over the years to get productive.
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