[extropy-chat] Personal effectiveness

[Emlyn O'regan]

I'd be grateful for some insite on this too. David, I feel your pain :-)

Emlyn

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Lubkin [mailto:extropy at unreasonable.com]
> Sent: Monday, 24 November 2003 5:17 AM
> To: extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org
> Subject: [extropy-chat] Personal effectiveness
> 
> 
> When I look at my life-efforts thus far, I see a recurring 
> pattern that's 
> very frustrating, that I'm eager to change.  I welcome 
> helpful suggestions.
> 
> I put substantial effort into a project but move on to something else 
> before there's a payoff for the effort.  Sometimes I can 
> eventually get 
> back to it and pick up where I left off.  Sometimes 
> everything I did was 
> ultimately pointless.
> 
> When there's external pressure, I force myself to concentrate and 
> finish.  When the task is one I've just set for myself, I don't.
> 
> I know some people's answer is to monomaniacally focus on one 
> task, finish, 
> and move on.
> 
> That's not me.  I have myriad interests and I delight in this.
> 
> I look at certain other people who are involved in many 
> things yet are able 
> to produce tangible results in several arenas on a regular basis.
> 
> What are they doing that I'm not?
> 
> I'm aware of simple-minded time management answers; I'm looking for 
> personal insight from other smart people with diverse interests.
> 
> 
> -- David Lubkin.
> 
> 
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