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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. ;)

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@app103.  Please cheer up

Whatever you were doing WORKED for you.  That's so great.  We love your programs, your energy and your creativity.  I hope you can forget all this and go right back.  These systems are only useful for those of us who are struggling with either not getting done what we think is important or not knowing what's important to do.

Maybe you can just ignore these struggling posts.  Or, if you want to participate, filling us in every once in a while on what gives you pleasure about what you do.

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The Getting Organized Experiment of 2006 / Mark Forster & Do It Tomorrow
« on: September 19, 2006, 05:52 AM »
I have my synopsis/review of Steven Covey's "First Things First" book well underway, and I'm very excited at the possibilities it offers for deciding WHAT to do.  I'll post it once we've gone through the "Do It Tomorrow" phase of our experiment.

I'm wondering, though, if anyone else is having a problem getting a copy of Mark Forster's book(s).  I haven't been able to locate one yet (that would ship quickly), and I must confess that I don't have a good grasp on what his system entails.  Would anyone be willing to write up a (fairly detailed) description of what it's all about?  That would be tremendously helpful.

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The book I have used for many years (although have sagged for some of the time) is Stephen Covey's "First Things First."  I highly value his ideas of making sure we are headed in the right direction before we take off.  He has you make out a mission statement (which takes hours) and then define areas of your life that are important to you.  No matter what else you put on your TO DO list, he reminds you not to forget those aspects of your life.

Since I'm really familiar with the ideas, I can do a review for week 4 or 5, if people think it would be helpful -- along with ways I think it could tie in with the other methods we have been trying.

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Okay.  All fixed.  I contacted them and they have manually activated my account (with their apologies).  Done.

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