Quotes About Engagement

The world itself is never overwhelmed or confused—only we are, due to how we are engaged with it. An

I have learned over the years that the most important thing to deal with is whatever is most on your mind. The fact that you think it shouldn't be on your mind is irrelevant. It's there, and it's there for a reason.

Getting things done, and feeling good about it, means being willing to recognize, acknowledge, and appropriately manage all the things that have your consciousness engaged. Mastering the art of stress-free productivity requires it.

Healthy skepticism is often the best way to glean the value of what's being presented—challenge it; prove it wrong, if you can. That creates engagement, which is the key to understanding.

Handle what has your attention and you'll then discover what really has your attention.

Tu trabajo consiste en descubrir tu trabajo y luego entregarte a él en cuerpo y alma. —BUDA

Most people have lived in a semistressful experience so consistently, for so long, they don't know that it could be quite different—that there is another and more positive place from which to engage with their world.

is possible to be effectively doing while you are delightfully being, in your ordinary workaday world.

it is championing appropriate engagement with your world—guiding you to make the best choice of what to do in each moment, and to eliminate distraction and stress about what you're not doing.

You can only put your conscious attention on one thing at a time. If that's all that has your attention, you're in flow.

It is possible to be effectively doing while you are delightfully being, in your ordinary workaday world.

Since the publication of my first two books, Getting Things Done and Ready for Anything, I've had the opportunity to engage

While Horizon 5 (purpose and principles) is obviously the most important context within which to set priorities, experience has shown me that when we understand and implement all the levels of work in which we are engaged, especially the Ground and Horizon 1 levels, we gain greater freedom and resources to do the bigger work that we're all about. If your boat is sinking, you really don't care in which direction it's pointed!

give all our attention to the opportunity before us.

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

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

The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation.

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

That's why I maintain a healthy skepticism when people want to get control of their work and life by "setting priorities." This is often just an attempt to sidestep responsibility for what they've been engaged with irresponsibly. My choice is always to go for cleaning up the garage of their work, their life, and their head. Then the priorities, the vision, and the plan emerge—grounded, with solid roots.

The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. The hand is more important than the eye. . . . The hand is the cutting edge of the mind. —J. Bronowski

There is one thing we can do, and the happiest people are those who can do it to the limit of their ability. We can be completely present. We can be all here. We can give . . . our attention to the opportunity before us. —Mark Van Doren

She points at my chest. "And much more interestingly, what's that?" "Blood," I say. She gets her camera out.

He looked around at the others....They were all staring at their computers, or reading books or newspapers. Not one of them has noticed the weather. Maybe that's how the world was now....Everyone was so wrapped up in his or her own little world that no one ever really saw anything anymore.

if you think too much about things, life sometimes just passes you by.