Clutter or Work. Not both!
Just a quick before/after comparison of my work area as of when I got up this morning.
Which would you find more conducive to being able to effortlessly move from Next Action to Next Action? Me too.
The Lesson: five minutes of cleanup/prep time at the end of the day will prevent 5 hours of flailing pain, doubt and confusion. Spend the 5 minutes.
While it only took five minutes, dealing with about 6 next actions in between the shot took most of the morning...
Posted by: Bob Walsh | November 22, 2006 at 11:52 AM
From the amount of daylight through the window, I have to dispute your claim that it only took five minutes. :-P
Posted by: Drew | November 22, 2006 at 11:23 AM
Nice, Bob. I like that you show that, when things are hot and heavy, the place gets disorganized, but you have the discipline and knowledge to get back to zero.
Posted by: Matthew Cornell | October 31, 2006 at 11:57 AM
"Which would you find more conducive to being able to effortlessly move from Next Action to Next Action?"
I presume you mean the first one. If I have to go delving in a drawer for every action, it creates far to much resistance to actually doing anything, so I go surfing instead.
Posted by: Andy Cunningham | October 27, 2006 at 01:50 AM
The difference between things done right and things done bad is just 5 minutes...
Posted by: Sevenoaks | October 27, 2006 at 12:17 AM