Comments on: Done: Reduce Task Friction to Get to Task Completion http://zenhabits.net/2009/09/done-reduce-task-friction-to-get-to-task-completion/ Simple Productivity Sun, 07 Mar 2010 05:06:07 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: VK http://zenhabits.net/2009/09/done-reduce-task-friction-to-get-to-task-completion/#comment-82803 VK Sat, 12 Sep 2009 22:45:27 +0000 http://zenhabits.net/?p=4054#comment-82803 I would really love to read this book, alas, I don't have the time to! :) I would really love to read this book, alas, I don’t have the time to! :)

]]> By: Ian | Quantum Learning http://zenhabits.net/2009/09/done-reduce-task-friction-to-get-to-task-completion/#comment-82781 Ian | Quantum Learning Sat, 12 Sep 2009 09:31:34 +0000 http://zenhabits.net/?p=4054#comment-82781 It all seems so simple reading it here. I'm wondering why the simple things are often the hardest. It's a matter of breaking some bad habits. First thing I do when I do turn on my PC is open everything I'm going to be working on. At least 6 tabs / programmes. Then I move between them almost randomly. Hardly ever can I say 'done'. So this post is very helpful ... and the first thing I did (and I I hope it's the start of a new habit) was close all my other tabs and switch to full screen so all I have is this comment box. Yeah! DONE It all seems so simple reading it here. I’m wondering why the simple things are often the hardest. It’s a matter of breaking some bad habits.

First thing I do when I do turn on my PC is open everything I’m going to be working on. At least 6 tabs / programmes. Then I move between them almost randomly. Hardly ever can I say ‘done’.

So this post is very helpful … and the first thing I did (and I I hope it’s the start of a new habit) was close all my other tabs and switch to full screen so all I have is this comment box.

Yeah! DONE

]]> By: Weekly Round-Up of Interesting Reads #1 | Engaged Marriage http://zenhabits.net/2009/09/done-reduce-task-friction-to-get-to-task-completion/#comment-82724 Weekly Round-Up of Interesting Reads #1 | Engaged Marriage Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:26:13 +0000 http://zenhabits.net/?p=4054#comment-82724 [...] Zen Habits article on getting things done.  Zen Habits is one of the biggest blogs on the web, and I saw a lot of value in this article on reducing the “friction” in life so you can get more things accomplished. [...] [...] Zen Habits article on getting things done.  Zen Habits is one of the biggest blogs on the web, and I saw a lot of value in this article on reducing the “friction” in life so you can get more things accomplished. [...]

]]> By: Dee http://zenhabits.net/2009/09/done-reduce-task-friction-to-get-to-task-completion/#comment-82719 Dee Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:36:42 +0000 http://zenhabits.net/?p=4054#comment-82719 I don't know why, but everytime I open your blog, it always give me an "answer" right away. Thanks a lot for that! I like your blog very much! I hope you can keep it up Leo. Cheers :) I don’t know why, but everytime I open your blog, it always give me an “answer” right away. Thanks a lot for that! I like your blog very much! I hope you can keep it up Leo. Cheers :)

]]> By: Usman http://zenhabits.net/2009/09/done-reduce-task-friction-to-get-to-task-completion/#comment-82718 Usman Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:23:04 +0000 http://zenhabits.net/?p=4054#comment-82718 I give a lot of trainings on time and task management. This material might really help :) I give a lot of trainings on time and task management. This material might really help :)

]]> By: JPM http://zenhabits.net/2009/09/done-reduce-task-friction-to-get-to-task-completion/#comment-82717 JPM Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:14:02 +0000 http://zenhabits.net/?p=4054#comment-82717 Hate to spoil the fun Leo, but "One day to buy the domain, set up Wordpress, and find a theme to start from. Another day to tweak the theme to what I wanted and write a few posts. A third day to write more posts and announce it on Twitter and here on Zen Habits." could have been reduced to: half a day to buy the domain, sign up at Posterous.com and 2.5 days to write more posts :) Don't know if you've come across Posterous - dead simple - as you said above, sometimes its the simple solutions that are better. Hate to spoil the fun Leo, but “One day to buy the domain, set up Wordpress, and find a theme to start from. Another day to tweak the theme to what I wanted and write a few posts. A third day to write more posts and announce it on Twitter and here on Zen Habits.” could have been reduced to: half a day to buy the domain, sign up at Posterous.com and 2.5 days to write more posts :)

Don’t know if you’ve come across Posterous – dead simple – as you said above, sometimes its the simple solutions that are better.

]]> By: Survive Unemployment http://zenhabits.net/2009/09/done-reduce-task-friction-to-get-to-task-completion/#comment-82716 Survive Unemployment Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:25:29 +0000 http://zenhabits.net/?p=4054#comment-82716 First time I've seen this blog -- great stuff! Oddly enough, I blogged on a similar topic today: the importance of stillness. Pretty zen, right? Sometimes, no matter how efficiently you work, it seems you just can't get it all done. Take a break, and when you get back to it with fresh legs, you'll do much better. First time I’ve seen this blog — great stuff!

Oddly enough, I blogged on a similar topic today: the importance of stillness. Pretty zen, right?

Sometimes, no matter how efficiently you work, it seems you just can’t get it all done. Take a break, and when you get back to it with fresh legs, you’ll do much better.

]]> By: carolina http://zenhabits.net/2009/09/done-reduce-task-friction-to-get-to-task-completion/#comment-82714 carolina Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:34:07 +0000 http://zenhabits.net/?p=4054#comment-82714 What great advice. There's nothing better than getting things done well. Thanks, Leo. What great advice. There’s nothing better than getting things done well. Thanks, Leo.

]]> By: Friday Faves – 09/11/2009 « dalewatkins.com http://zenhabits.net/2009/09/done-reduce-task-friction-to-get-to-task-completion/#comment-82713 Friday Faves – 09/11/2009 « dalewatkins.com Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:30:49 +0000 http://zenhabits.net/?p=4054#comment-82713 [...] Reduce Task Friction Great Tips on finishing the projects you start. [...] [...] Reduce Task Friction Great Tips on finishing the projects you start. [...]

]]> By: Johnson http://zenhabits.net/2009/09/done-reduce-task-friction-to-get-to-task-completion/#comment-82711 Johnson Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:07:01 +0000 http://zenhabits.net/?p=4054#comment-82711 (obviously I meant this for AM, not AF :-) (obviously I meant this for AM, not AF :-)

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