Although the The Power of Focus is an excellent goal setting book, I really like listening to the audio version of Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity as a guide for keeping a clear head. Allen describes using how to develop a system which keeps track of everything you feel responsible to do. This system enables you to have a “mind like water”. After listening to the book this will make sense. It is really quite useful.
I still have not mastered the techniques in the book, however it does help keep a clear head. Others have stuck with the program and have seen improvements. Most habits take 21 days to instill, I have passed this point, so it is part of my habits now. All I need to do is hone the skill.
Being very detail oriented, it is easy for me to get mired in the details of keeping track of many things. I am reviewing the book and discovering that I need to make some choices about what has value to me by asking myself, “why am I doing this?” -- like a 5-year old does. I'll will try this with the project I plan for tomorrow morning.
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I was able to use this technique to take the most prevalent thing on my mind and flesh it out. I am working on a list of commitments (the 40-50,000 foot level as David Allen says) and projects - which are between the 10 and 30,000 foot level. This took a lot of effort - but has helped establish why I spent a lot of time on certain activities and why I consider them valuable. It will help set goals (commitments) to achieve them and align these commitments with what I value and ultimately success.
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