Episode 382
“Plans are of little importance, but planning is essential”
That quote from Winston Churchill perfectly captures the dilemma we face when it comes to planning.
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Script | 379
Hello, and welcome to episode 379 of the Your Time, Your Way Podcast. A podcast to answer all your questions about productivity, time management, self-development, and goal planning. My name is Carl Pullein, and I am your host of this show.
Planning and organising have their place. Yet, there is a danger of taking them too far and using them as an excuse or as a way to procrastinate.
Ultimately, whatever you are planning to do will eventually need to be done. The goal, therefore, is to get to the doing part as quickly as possible.
One of the dangers of David Allen’s Getting Things Done book, is the emphasis on organising and doing the weekly review. It’s a procrastinators heaven. An authority in the the productivity space giving you “permission” to spend two to four hours a week planning and reviewing and another large proportion of your time organising and reorganising your lists.
Don’t get me wrong. Both planning and organising have their place and as Winston Churchill says, “planning is essential”, but it’s a thin line between helpful and unhelpful planning and organising.
In today’s episode, I will share with you some ideas that you can use to ensure that you are following some sound principles with your planning and reviewing.
So, that means it’s time to hand you over to the Mystery Podcast Voice for this week’s question.
This week’s question comes from Sally. Sally asks, hi Carl, I’m struggling to get myself organised. I have so many things on my desk and on my computer’s desktop I don’t know where to start. I feel like all I do all day is plan what to do and tidy up my lists. How do you avoid over planning and organising?
Hi Sally, thank you for your question.
Firstly, I must admit I have been down this road of over-planning and organising.
I read Getting Things Done in 2009 and loved it. I ditched my Franklin Planner, the “tool” I had been using consistently for over fifteen years, bought myself a nice Quo Vadis noteb
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