Comments on: Less = More: A Dare

By: Melinda

Melinda — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 21:36:50 +0000

@Stefan! Love the boredom! Love it! Thanks for chiming in, bro.
@Cynthia — Then just say “no”, then, to the things at the bottom of the list! The goal is to have a list that matters and is managable, not a matter-full list that is meaningless in execution, presence, and power. I often find that its on those things at the bottom of the list where Im taking up space that someone else really is needing, wanting, waiting, suited, to fill. Its about opening up space for others to fill…to step up…or at least, to save yourself for the long haul. Easier said, yes, but there’s truth there that Im committed to chasing!

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:31:17 +0000

I’m with you on the one hand. On the other, what if “prioritize the important stuff” is really still a pretty long list?!

By: Presence for Productivity . . . Plus « Interaction Institute for Social Change Blog

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:55:38 +0000

[...] My colleague Linda Guinee recently forwarded a great blog post by Mark McGuinness of Lateral Action . Mark is a consultant in the realm of personal creativity and productivity and he is the father of infant twins. This recent development has him taking a hard look at the advice he often gives others and what holds up under the demands of two babies and sleepless nights. Whether or not you are a parent of young children, it is well worth a read, and I couldn’t agree more with tips such as “let go of routines, focus on systems” and “you can’t please all the people all the time, prioritize the important stuff.” Much of this is in line with Melinda’s post last week (see “Less=More: A Dare”). [...]

By: Stefan

Stefan — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:15:13 +0000

I love it! Something else that brings me back to this Globe piece on one more idea I’d add to your mix – the lost art of boredom: http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2008/03/09/the_joy_of_boredom/?page=full

and my riff on it here: http://dadtoday.blogspot.com/2008/04/finding-me-in-microboredom.html

By: charlie jones

charlie jones — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:51:10 +0000

Melinda:

You have me jumping out of my chair shouting, “AMEN!” The key to pulling this off is to be, in the words of Robert Gass, “100% impeccably committed” to making this change.