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<DIV><SPAN class=875373305-24112003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Personal experience? Google says good things about it (all hail the great
one).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=875373305-24112003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Emlyn</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> R.Coyote
[mailto:etheric@comcast.net]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, 24 November 2003 2:01
PM<BR><B>To:</B> ExI chat list<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [extropy-chat] Personal
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Adrafinil</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=oregan.emlyn@healthsolve.com.au
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [extropy-chat] Personal
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<DIV><SPAN class=968170905-24112003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>For those who've read "A deepness in the sky" by Vinge, I'd love a
temporary "focus" pill, just to be able to plough through things and get
them done. I find I have that ability built in already, but I'm not able to
turn it on at will; it comes and goes as it likes, leaving me at the mercy
of the high seas.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=968170905-24112003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Emlyn</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> <A
href="mailto:ABlainey@aol.com">ABlainey@aol.com</A>
[mailto:ABlainey@aol.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, 24 November 2003 12:26
PM<BR><B>To:</B> extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
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face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>David it seems we were cast from the
same mould, so were a few others on this list. As I sit here composing
this mail, I am sherking off from the project I was working on just half
an hour ago. Just a small unimportant project of sorting out the boxes of
crap in my office. It is something that desperately needs to be done as
several other projects are waiting for the space. <BR>Currently I have so
many unfinished things that I can't even remember them all.<BR><BR>I wish
I could give some solid advise, alas I have none. Although I would say,
don't fall into the trap of not starting something new for fear of not
completing it. I have found that there is always a pay off. Even if it
just takes the form of experience gained.<BR><BR>Alex<BR><BR>P.S This post
has given me the incentive needed to continue sorting out the
aforementioned boxes of crap.<BR><BR>A.<BR><BR><BR>In a message dated
23/11/2003 22:05:18 GMT Daylight Time, extropy@unreasonable.com
writes:<BR><BR><BR>
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TYPE="CITE">When I look at my life-efforts thus far, I see a recurring
pattern that's <BR>very frustrating, that I'm eager to change. I
welcome helpful suggestions.<BR><BR>I put substantial effort into a
project but move on to something else <BR>before there's a payoff for
the effort. Sometimes I can eventually get <BR>back to it and pick
up where I left off. Sometimes everything I did was <BR>ultimately
pointless.<BR><BR>When there's external pressure, I force myself to
concentrate and <BR>finish. When the task is one I've just set for
myself, I don't.<BR><BR>I know some people's answer is to monomaniacally
focus on one task, finish, <BR>and move on.<BR><BR>That's not me.
I have myriad interests and I delight in this.<BR><BR>I look at certain
other people who are involved in many things yet are able <BR>to produce
tangible results in several arenas on a regular basis.<BR><BR>What are
they doing that I'm not?<BR><BR>I'm aware of simple-minded time
management answers; I'm looking for <BR>personal insight from other
smart people with diverse interests.<BR><BR><BR>-- David
Lubkin.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></FONT>
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