The Zen of Getting Things Done - Simplify Simplify
Doug Johnston over at DIY Planner reprints his most excellent article, The Beginner’s Mind. Especially when it comes to Geeks Doing GTD (GDGers) there is an overwhelming tendency to over-do it. To make lists and use three pieces of software and two computers and a PDA and, and, and…..
Johnson nails it (as usual) when he writes that you have to throw away everything that is not absolutely needed or you will be hopelessly, and completely lost:
Step one, simplify to the bare essentials.
Step two, seek out the flow of least resistance and effort.
Step three, choose the best tools.
Step four, simplify some more, and streamline.
Be very careful with Step three - that’s where our inner geeks tend to lose all perspective!