Quotes About Clarity

There is too much distraction at the day-to-day, hour-to-hour level of commitments to allow for appropriate focus on the higher levels.

It's OK to decide not to decide—as long as you have a decide-not-to-decide system.

No matter how big and tough a problem may be, get rid of confusion by taking one little step toward solution. Do something. —George F. Nordenholt

Funnel all potentially meaningful inputs through minimal channels, directed to you for easily accessed review and assessment about their nature.

Review whatever lists, overviews, and orientation maps you need to, as often as you need to, to get their contents off your mind. After

Clearing the mind and being flexible are key.

Amira In training and coaching thousands of professionals, I have found that lack of time is not the major issue for them (though they themselves may think it is); the real problem is a lack of clarity and definition about what a project really is, and what the associated next-action steps required are. Clarifying things on the front end, when they first appear on the radar, rather than on the back end, after trouble has developed, allows people to reap the benefits of managing action.

Projects, Waiting For, and Someday/Maybe lists need to be reviewed only as often as you think they have to be in order to stop you from wondering about them.

Often the only way to make a hard decision is to come back to the purpose of what you're doing.

And if it's just you, attempting to come up with a good idea before defining your purpose, creating a vision, and collecting lots of initial bad ideas is likely to give you a case of creative constipation. The

If your boat is sinking, you really don't care in which direction it's pointed!

Think of what a successful outcome would look like: where would you be physically, financially, in terms of reputation, or whatever? Brainstorm potential steps. Organize your ideas. Decide on the next actions. Are you any clearer about where you want to go and how to get there?

It's likely that you also have more internal commitments currently in play than you're aware of.

Getting Things Done is not simply about getting things done. It's about being appropriately engaged with your work and life.

Most people let their reactive mental process run a lot of the show, especially where the too-much-to-do syndrome is concerned.

If your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything; it is open for everything. —Shunryu Suzuki

The Weekly Review is the time to: Gather and process all your stuff. Review your system. Update your lists. Get clean, clear, current, and complete. You have to use your mind to get things off your mind. Most

I always wanted to be somebody. I should have been more specific. —Lily Tomlin

What's the assumption here? Before any evaluation of what's a good idea can be trusted, the purpose must be clear, the vision must be well defined, and all the relevant data must have been collected (brainstormed) and analyzed (organized).

If your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything; it is open for everything. —Shunryu Suzuki And

Things rarely get stuck because of lack of time. They get stuck because what "doing" would look like, and where it happens, hasn't been decided.

I have found that lack of time is not the major issue for them (though they may think it is); the real problem is a lack of clarity and definition about what a project really is, and what associated next-action steps are required.

Choose one project that is new or stuck or that could simply use some improvement. Think of your purpose. Think of what a successful outcome would look like: where would you be physically, financially, in terms of reputation, or whatever? Brainstorm potential steps. Organize your ideas. Decide on the next actions. Are you any clearer about where you want to go and how to get there?

People love to win. If you're not totally clear about the purpose of what you're doing, you have no chance of winning.