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May 21

People Who Do Good Work | Managing with Aloha

People will quickly point to all kinds of reasons for their dysfunctional workplace culture.

“Who has time for innovation when there’s so much other stuff to be done?”
“We work with equipment harking back to the time of the dinosaurs.”
“Nobody walks by this street corner anymore; our storefront is useless.”
“We can’t afford anything. When will this recession be over?”

And the biggie:
“Our boss is clueless and completely out of touch.”

There are exceptions to the rule, however.

Those exceptions are the people who do good work.

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Posted at 10:34 AM Tagged: workwork ethicself-efficacymotivation

Oct 7
“I consider myself both a relatively lazy person as well as someone who is easily distracted by bright shiny activities that attract my attention. Of course I discovered years ago that if I let either or both of those tendencies hold too much sway, my life would veer in an unproductive direction. And, worst of all, because things would start to go, well, not so well, I would begin to lose my freedom to goof off and my ability to run down cool, creative rabbit trails! So some of the best things I have done for myself are to create blinders and focusing tricks that keep my attention engaged with the best things at the right times, so I don’t have to work so hard at not working hard.” David Allen in his recent GTD e-letter
Posted at 9:13 AM 1 note Tagged: motivationGTDDavid Allenproductivity