The Seven Tools of Deep Productivity. 7, The Stop-and-Think

The back-story is here.

Tool 1, The Personal Compass is here.

Tool 2, The Master List is here.

Tool 3, The Timetable is here.

Tool 4, The Wallplanner is here.

Tool 7, The stop-and-think is to be employed frequently. Too often, ‘productivity’ is seen as urgency and the rush. But losing the gaps between activities is where the quality is achieved, where the breakthroughs arise and where creative surges lurk.

Stop-and-think on the hour, every hour: what’s really, really important now?

Stop-and-think on the time period change (day/day; week/week; month/month): what are the critical issues for tomorrow/next week/next month?

TBC: tools 5, 6.

More detail in You, Only Better.