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心静如水

    - 把一粒石子投入寂静无声的池塘中，池水会做何反应？ 依照石子的质量和速度产生出适当的水波，然后又归于平静。既不会反应过激也不会毫无反应。

随时进入自己的高效状态

 

“这项工作的预期成果是什么？”这是一个提高知识工作者工作效率的关键性问题。

 

5个阶段：

（1）收集一切引起我们注意力的事情；

（2）加工处理后，确定它们的实质以及解决方法；

（3）组织整理得出的结论；

（4）把它们列为我们行动的选择方案；

（5）行动。

许多人无法把工作安排得井井有条，主要原因正是他们试图一口气完成这5 个阶段的工作。

是否可以这样理解：让自己仅处在上述5阶段中的一个阶段中，不要跨阶段？

每个阶段的output是什么？

 

You don't actually DO a project; you can only do action steps related to it. When enough of the right action steps have been taken, some situation will have been created that matches your initial picture of the outcome closely enough that you can call it "done". The list of projects is the compilation of finish lines we put before us, to keep our next actions moving on all tracks appropriately.

 

中文版翻译得太烂，改读英文版。

Part1 - The Art of Getting Things Done

 

① A New Practice for a New Reality

   Aim: Have an overwhelming number of things to do and still function productively with a clear head and a positive sense of relaxed control.

 

 * The Problem: New Demands, Insufficient Resources.

 - Work no longer has clear boundaries

    Almost every project could be done better, and an infinite quantity of information is now available that could make that happen.

 - Our job keep changing

 - The old models and habits are insufficient

 - The "Big Picture" vs. the Nitty-Gritty

    Focusing on values does not simplify your life. It gives meaning and direction - and a lot more complexity.

  Summary:

  It's a system with a coherent set of behaviors and tools that functions effectively at the level at which work really happens. It must:

 - incorporate the results of big-picture thinking as well as the smallest of open details.

 - manage multiple tiers of priorities.

 - maintain control over hundreds of new inputs daily.

 - save a lot of time and effort than are needed to maintain it.

 - make it easier to get things done.

 

 * The Promise: The "Ready State" of the Martial Artist

   Your ability to generate power is directly proportional to your ability to relax.

 - The "Mind Like Water" Simile

 - Can you get into your "Productive State" when required?

 

 * The Principle: Dealing effectively with internal commitments

   Anything that does not belong where it is, the way it is, is an "open loop" pulling on your attention.

 - The basic requirements for managing commitments

    a. put it in a trusted system outside your mind.

    b. clarify exactly what the commitment is and what you have to do to make process toward fulfilling it.

    c. review the actions regularly.

 - An important exercise to test this model

    a. write down the project or situation that is most on your mind at this moment.

    b. describe your intended successful outcome for this problem or situation.

    c. write down the very next physical action required to move the situation forward.

 - The real work of knowledge work

    "You have to think about your stuff more than you realize but not as much as you're afraid you might."

    "In knowledge work, the task is not given; it has to be determinded. 'What are the expected results from this work?' is the key question in making knowledge workers productive. And it is a question that demands risky decisions. There is usually no right answer; there are choices instead. And results have to be clearly specified, if productivity is to be archieved." - Peter Drucker

 - Why things are in your mind?

    a. no aim

    b. no next step

    c. forget current status

 

② Getting Control of Your Life: 5 stages of mastering workflow

(1) collect

(2) process

(3) organize

(4) review

(5) do

 

Stuff -> actionable?

->no(Trash/Someday/Maybe/Ref)

->yes (what's the next actions?)

    -> <2 mins?

        -> yes - Do it

        -> no - Delegate/Defer

    -> projects

        -> plan it to actions

 

Two things need to be determined about each actionable item:

1 | What "project" or outcome have you committed to?

2 | What's the next action required?

③ Getting Projects Creatively Under Way: 5 phases of project planning

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