Comments on: Beyond Productivity: Living from the Inside Out (Episode 4) http://www.productiveflourishing.com/beyond-productivity-living-from-the-inside-out-episode-4/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Strategies for Thriving in Life and Business Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:23:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Charlie http://www.productiveflourishing.com/beyond-productivity-living-from-the-inside-out-episode-4/#comment-2386 Charlie Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:28:31 +0000 http://www.productiveflourishing.com/?p=1290#comment-2386 @Chris: Thanks so much for continuing to comment on these conversations - we really appreciate it. We're really uncomfortable with space in just about all aspect of our lives. Bare rooms, empty canvases, empty document screens - it's enough to unnerve some. But it's within those empty spaces that we make meaning, and therein lies the problem: meaning-making comes from internal spaces and are placed on external places. Part of the appeal to plans - Big Ones (religions) or small ones (GTD) - is that it fills this space for us, and that's why we get into trouble with them: they're filled <em>for us</em> and <em>not by us</em>. (Actually, they are, but we don't see us accepting a plan as the same type of choice as making a plan.) @Carla: I really liked the different perspectives here, too. Tim is but a man - with some great insights, as well as some questionable suggestions. @Chris: Thanks so much for continuing to comment on these conversations – we really appreciate it.

We’re really uncomfortable with space in just about all aspect of our lives. Bare rooms, empty canvases, empty document screens – it’s enough to unnerve some. But it’s within those empty spaces that we make meaning, and therein lies the problem: meaning-making comes from internal spaces and are placed on external places. Part of the appeal to plans – Big Ones (religions) or small ones (GTD) – is that it fills this space for us, and that’s why we get into trouble with them: they’re filled for us and not by us. (Actually, they are, but we don’t see us accepting a plan as the same type of choice as making a plan.)

@Carla: I really liked the different perspectives here, too. Tim is but a man – with some great insights, as well as some questionable suggestions.

]]> By: Carla http://www.productiveflourishing.com/beyond-productivity-living-from-the-inside-out-episode-4/#comment-2371 Carla Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:35:45 +0000 http://www.productiveflourishing.com/?p=1290#comment-2371 Great discussion on the 4HWW. I have read and heard many reviews of this book and this is the first one that didn't treat Tim Ferris like a God, nor did they demonize him. Its a good reminder to use what is useful to you and discard the rest. <abbr><em>Carlas last blog post..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greenandchic/~3/-4RtrYJm_Bs/" rel="nofollow">Is it too late?</a></abbr></em> Great discussion on the 4HWW. I have read and heard many reviews of this book and this is the first one that didn’t treat Tim Ferris like a God, nor did they demonize him. Its a good reminder to use what is useful to you and discard the rest.

Carlas last blog post..Is it too late?

]]> By: Chris Edgar | Purpose Power Coaching http://www.productiveflourishing.com/beyond-productivity-living-from-the-inside-out-episode-4/#comment-2359 Chris Edgar | Purpose Power Coaching Sat, 24 Jan 2009 01:50:39 +0000 http://www.productiveflourishing.com/?p=1290#comment-2359 Again, this is an advanced discussion of productivity and I appreciate that. You've identified something I think is a concern for a lot of people, which is the fear of having too much freedom, or too many choices regarding what to do with their time. Many people don't want to even acknowledge this exists, I think, and so they tell themselves and others "I have no time to do anything; I spend all my time just scraping by to survive at the bare minimum." When we become willing to look right at that fear of freedom I think it's actually less scary than it seems when it's lurking in the back of our minds. <abbr><em>Chris Edgar | Purpose Power Coachings last blog post..<a href="http://www.purposepowercoaching.com/site/?p=213" rel="nofollow">4 Lessons Babies Can Teach Us About Productivity</a></abbr></em> Again, this is an advanced discussion of productivity and I appreciate that. You’ve identified something I think is a concern for a lot of people, which is the fear of having too much freedom, or too many choices regarding what to do with their time. Many people don’t want to even acknowledge this exists, I think, and so they tell themselves and others “I have no time to do anything; I spend all my time just scraping by to survive at the bare minimum.” When we become willing to look right at that fear of freedom I think it’s actually less scary than it seems when it’s lurking in the back of our minds.

Chris Edgar | Purpose Power Coachings last blog post..4 Lessons Babies Can Teach Us About Productivity

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