Running the Race
It’s not about Getting Things Done, it’s about how well you manage your time.
It’s not about how many projects you can do, it’s about how many you do well.
It’s not about finishing the race, it’s about how well you run it.
The underlying problem with GTD is that it implies that the goal is to one day finish everything on your todo list. To finish all the projects and tasks and simply finish. On the contrary, you will never finish. There will always be another something after the current something. It doesn’t end—and that’s not a particularly bad thing. A sucessful person isn’t defined by someone with all their tasks complete, but by someone who can balance everything they do, and do it with excellence.
Taking your eyes off the finish line and onto your performance today is what GTD is all about.
