[[Notes]] - Topics: - People: [[David Allen]] - Source: https://youtu.be/vYnncMH0bxo?si=N-QAaS6SUsjbVCo7 --- ## Summary - Things must be held lightly - but with intention. Holding onto things too tightly could be dangerous, and ultimately, ineffective. - Doing nothing should be an intentional choice, rather than a side-effect of not knowing what to do. In other words, doing nothing should be an action, not a reaction. ## Notes - [[Increasing productivity means getting a desired result with as little effort as possible]]. - Personal productivity growth is about incrementally maximizing results while minimizing effort to achieving that result. It does not necessarily mean doing less. But perhaps, reducing the mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual "burden" to do the productive thing you are compelled to do. - [[You can never get enough of what you don't really need]]. - You must articulate and understand within yourself what it is you're trying to do. With that clarity, and with determination, discipline, persistence, and intense intentional practice, you will achieve it - at the very least, your version of it. - Business vs. productivity as a direct correlation with chaos vs. control. Reactionary vs. response. Doing for others vs. doing for yourself. To live unintentionally vs. intentionally. - [[Getting things done out of frustration instead of inspiration]]. [[Helping out of compulsion not compassion]]. - [[In order to really be in control, I must surrender.]] - Things must be held lightly - but with intention. Holding onto things too tightly could be dangerous, and ultimately, ineffective. - [[I must, at a moments notice, be ready to let go, walk away from it all, and do nothing.]] - Doing nothing should be an intentional choice, rather than a side-effect of not knowing what to do. In other words, doing nothing should be an action, not a reaction.