“It’s not enough to have inner discipline. We also need to follow an outer discipline—a system of principles and behaviors—to channel our energies, thoughts, and emotions productively. A system that adds some structure to the constantly changing flux of information that we interact with every day.”
– Tiago Forte, Building a Second Brain
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“Imagine if, early in our schooling or career, we learned a system to organize ourselves and manage our work. We could carry this system with us no matter where we worked or what we did for a living—be we contractor or teacher, salesperson or doctor. And with this system we would have a code to guide our conduct; techniques to help us channel our energies, thoughts, and emotions productively; and the means to get through a tough workload and deliver with excellence.”
– Dan Charnas, Work Clean
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I’m like a bag with everything just shoved in.
Everything loose in the bag: pens, pencils, books, ideas, phones, keys.
It’s all a big jumble.
So when it’s time to get something out of the bag, I have to root around in there.
I don’t really know what I’ve got in the bag at any given time.
Some people will be very organised and have things in specific pockets, have a bag within a bag, items organised together.
It makes it easier for them to access what they need.
Without a system, I am chaotic and I’m not quite sure what I’m going to be pulling out every time I put my hand in.
So it’s this process of trying to develop my own organisation, how I carry myself around.
How do I access myself my thoughts?
My feelings?
My ideas, better than then I do now?
How do you pack for your life?
It’s a question that will reward a lifetime of exploration…
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