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The Getting Organized Experiment of 2006 / Re: What Needs to Get Done (WNTGD)
« on: September 20, 2006, 06:20 AM »
Yes. He's also the author of the classic "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People," in which I read this comment from one successful executive (upon being asked his method for taking important action): My motto is "ready, fire, aim."
I really liked being reminded that you don't have to be entirely ready before you fire off that action. I have seen people who spend enormous time getting ready, then can't get that "aim" exactly right, so never "fire." It's a good reminder that you don't have to get your aim exactly right before you fire -- both because you can fine-tune the aim after you fire and because you might actually hit something unexpected that is even better than what you were aiming for.
Anyway, I'm aiming a review of these ideas for the 4th or 5th week of our experiment. Just let me know when is the best time to fire it off so I can put it on my TODO list to finish up.
I really liked being reminded that you don't have to be entirely ready before you fire off that action. I have seen people who spend enormous time getting ready, then can't get that "aim" exactly right, so never "fire." It's a good reminder that you don't have to get your aim exactly right before you fire -- both because you can fine-tune the aim after you fire and because you might actually hit something unexpected that is even better than what you were aiming for.
Anyway, I'm aiming a review of these ideas for the 4th or 5th week of our experiment. Just let me know when is the best time to fire it off so I can put it on my TODO list to finish up.