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What Does in Control Mean in GTD?
[image error] In this episode we’re discussing the concept at the core of personal management: control. Specifically, we’ll be philosophizing about what control truly means within the context of the Getting Things Done (GTD) methodology. We’ll start with David Allen’s definition, which ties control to the workflow stages of capturing, clarifying, organizing, reflecting, and engaging. But does that
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Case: You are a corporate strategic planner – someone immersed in defining a future for your organization. But lately, you haven’t been challenged to think differently. "This is Strategy" offers you a unique opportunity. If you have glanced at the rev ...more |
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"I say this with the utmost love and respect for both emergent strategy as concept and the author: this desperately needed an editor. As it stands, Emergent Strategy is a rather disjointed sea of thoughts, quotes (so. many. quotes.), blog posts, and s"
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Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout:
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Newport teaches computer science at Georgetown University. He's written several books and hosts a podcast called Deep Questions - none of which provided me the heads-up I required to reco" Read more of this review » |
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“Visionary companies pursue a cluster of objectives, of which making money is only one—and not necessarily the primary one.”
― Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies
― Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies
“Strategy is scarcity’s child and to have a strategy, rather than vague aspirations, is to choose one path and eschew others. There is difficult psychological, political, and organizational work in saying “no” to whole worlds of hopes, dreams, and aspirations.”
― Good Strategy Bad Strategy, Playing to Win [Hardcover] 2 Books Collection Set
― Good Strategy Bad Strategy, Playing to Win [Hardcover] 2 Books Collection Set
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
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