Comments on: Productivity Tip #12: Do Something, It’s Better Than Nothing

By: Simple Productivity Blog

Simple Productivity Blog — Tue, 05 May 2009 11:02:05 +0000

By: Joey Logano

Joey Logano — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 07:40:34 +0000

I think it’s important to do something trivial and easy during those times when it’s hard to concentrate on the bigger stuff. At least you’re probably doing things you would otherwise need to do at some point anyways.

By: Work.Life.Creativity

Work.Life.Creativity — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:21:41 +0000

By: James

James — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 07:24:09 +0000

I think in terms of next actions (GTD term). All my items on my to-do list are just the next physical steps to move a project forward. They are basically bitesize tasks. Maybe that is similar to your idea of fractions of a task?

By: Daryl Furuyama

Daryl Furuyama — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:09:28 +0000

I agree with you completely that doing something is better than nothing. I think David Seah once wrote about how we sometimes feel overwhelmed by the things we have to do, and subsequently don’t start them.

Maybe we can’t do the whole thing, but maybe we can devote fifteen minutes to it. A lot of his pCEO forms have that fifteen minute bubble, so you can do a tiny fraction of a task and still get a reward from filling it in.

Come to think of it, I need a simple way to capture fractions of a task. Any other recommendations?