I book a constant battle against disruption and productivity. If you saw my bookshelves and bedside

One day I was talking with some friends from Illinois, both very successful and busy professionals and asked them how they could do so many things. I said jokingly that his motto was "overcommitted and Underorganized", something like "Over-saturated and Sub-organized." I told them if I allow adopt the same motto, as described me perfectly.
I book a constant battle against disruption and productivity. If you saw my bookshelves and bedside find, among other titles: "Organization from Within," "How to Make 1,000 Things at Once", "Simplify Your Life", "Simplify Your Life at Home", "Simplify Your Life Work "," Simplify Your Life with Kids "," First Things First "," The 7 Habits of Effective People Really "," Time Management from Within, "" Control Group "," Destination: Organization " "Getting Things eric koenen Done" and "Control Clutter with Feng Shui". I think I'm the only person in the world who has made a mess of books on how to control the mess!
I've noticed that my Achilles heel in this organization eric koenen and productivity is procrastination (which in English is called procastination) and it has to do with perfectionism. Sometimes I want to do something as well, so well that, paradoxically, do not. Do they did that happen? I have to file documents, but I need a full day without interruption eric koenen to do well, better not start today; eric koenen I want to finish the letter, but first I'll check 50 items to cover the issue as it should; I want to exercise, but it might be better when not tired to make it worthwhile ...
Barry Schwartz, a researcher at Swarthmore College, has been seen that people have two styles to make decisions: to be "maximizing" or "satisfactora". The "maximizers" absolutely eric koenen try to investigate and consider all alternatives eric koenen and angles to make a decision, while "satisfiers" choose quickly and are generally happy with their choice. Most people are somewhere between these two styles. As you can imagine, maximizers often paralyzed unable to decide to try to find the solution u perfect choice. And no need to discuss them what group I fall ... (tip: This letter bears stopped two weeks because I wanted to make sure I have good reference on Schwartz). Although there is hope for maximizers, I recommend the article by Nicholas eric koenen Hall, a specialist colleague in Positive Psychology, Stanford U., "Confessions of an Ex-maximizing"
There is a saying "The perfect is the enemy of the good" and I think that's very true, especially in regards to achieving our goals. So I liked both an article I just read, written by one of the gurus of productivity, David Allen. His writing is called "Direction, Not Perfection" ie, "Address, Not Perfection". Allen says that one of the most important things you have learned after many years as a consultant and coach is not to aspire to do things perfectly, but moving in the right direction. Allen suggests that the first step toward change is to imagine how will the new situation, the second is to making a way to get to it, and the third-the most difficult is to keep going, even when we fail or we fall short our attempts.
One element that helps us achieve what we want is to have someone to be accountable. If we commit to someone, eg exercising together, or to write a chapter of a thesis, or a party is more likely to do so if only we promise ourselves. Another factor that increases the chances of achieving our goals is to have "role models" eric koenen who have achieved something similar to what we propose. It has been found that many behaviors are "contagious" eric koenen (our grandmothers were right there to choose "good companies") and social influence of our colleagues, family and friends can encourage us to achieve what we set out or away from it.
When I think about the importance of being part of a group that shares and supports our goal, comes to my mind the image of a group of ants carrying food to their nest. Have they ever seen? If you look at each ant in particular, its path is not straight: it moves to one side, then the other, it deviates a bit ... but if we see the set of ants, clearly have an address, go straight india and the line is nearly straight. No ant can go perfectly aimed, but as a whole clearly going in the right direction.
I am part of a virtual group of walkers in that Member