http://www.organizeit.co.uk/2007/04/09/understanding-the-roles-and-responsibility-in-your-life/ One of the longest running and most respected productivity blogs on the net! Wed, 28 Dec 2011 20:52:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.organizeit.co.uk/2007/04/09/understanding-the-roles-and-responsibility-in-your-life/comment-page-1/#comment-36319 Tim Sat, 06 Mar 2010 04:08:30 +0000 http://www.organizeit.co.uk/2007/04/09/roles-responsibilities/#comment-36319 Wow reading this article and your last article 'vertical map' have (just) been a major epiphany for me. Several years ago I read Stephen Coveys book and grabbed some great and useful insights including his top down approach. Unfortunately, ultimately Coveys top down approach didn't jell with me. In August 2009 I came across David Allens Book GTD. (I wish I'd found it 7 years earlier!!) David clearly explained why Coveys approach hadn't jelled with me. David's book made sense immediately and I am now a 1000% more productive (literally!) However like many others I have struggled and avoided the Horizons of Focus. One of the main reasons for this avoidance was that in my opinion the 20000 foot horizon was out of place. It almost seemed like 20000 & 30000 thousand feet should be interchanged (ie your areas of focus leading your goals instead). Your article is the clearest explanation of the horizons of focus and clearly shows David is absolutely correct with his placement of these horizons. However what David doesn't discuss (and you have) is that ultimately the approach to GTD (and life) is really a middle up and down approach (not up), with 20,000 foot squarely in the middle! You definately start with the runway (and its the best place to start), but ultimately in ongoing maintenance of productivity a middle up and down approach to GTD is where you end up! After all anything that is on your mind falls into an area of focus or responsibility! I'm now in a Mindmap Frenzy - the penny has finally dropped! Thanks for a great article. Wow reading this article and your last article ‘vertical map’ have (just) been a major epiphany for me. Several years ago I read Stephen Coveys book and grabbed some great and useful insights including his top down approach. Unfortunately, ultimately Coveys top down approach didn’t jell with me. In August 2009 I came across David Allens Book GTD. (I wish I’d found it 7 years earlier!!) David clearly explained why Coveys approach hadn’t jelled with me. David’s book made sense immediately and I am now a 1000% more productive (literally!) However like many others I have struggled and avoided the Horizons of Focus. One of the main reasons for this avoidance was that in my opinion the 20000 foot horizon was out of place. It almost seemed like 20000 & 30000 thousand feet should be interchanged (ie your areas of focus leading your goals instead). Your article is the clearest explanation of the horizons of focus and clearly shows David is absolutely correct with his placement of these horizons. However what David doesn’t discuss (and you have) is that ultimately the approach to GTD (and life) is really a middle up and down approach (not up), with 20,000 foot squarely in the middle! You definately start with the runway (and its the best place to start), but ultimately in ongoing maintenance of productivity a middle up and down approach to GTD is where you end up! After all anything that is on your mind falls into an area of focus or responsibility! I’m now in a Mindmap Frenzy – the penny has finally dropped! Thanks for a great article.

]]> http://www.organizeit.co.uk/2007/04/09/understanding-the-roles-and-responsibility-in-your-life/comment-page-1/#comment-4894 Stephen Mon, 09 Apr 2007 14:32:14 +0000 http://www.organizeit.co.uk/2007/04/09/roles-responsibilities/#comment-4894 Thank you for the informative post. I have been doing a lot of thinking about roles lately. I do need to update mine as some of my responsibilities at work have recently changed. Thank you for the informative post. I have been doing a lot of thinking about roles lately. I do need to update mine as some of my responsibilities at work have recently changed.

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