How are you?
Nowadays, most people answer that question with one word: busy. Indeed, it’s much like Anne Michaels writes in Fugitive Pieces (also available on Audible):
The present, like a landscape, is only a small part of a mysterious narrative. A narrative of catastrophe and slow accumulation.
If you want to avoid catastrophe due to poor planning, here are some of my favourite Seth Godin quotes from his 2024 blog posts, together with a recommended title from Blinkist.
By the time the train is running away, it might be too late. ~ Stopping a runaway train
Read more: A Geography of Time
It’s hard to wear two hats at once. ~ PW1: Two hats for productivity
Read more: Getting Things Done
Perhaps we should resist trading the important work for the urgent distraction of right now. ~ After the emergency
Read more: I Know What to Do, So Why Don’t I Do It?
Show me your calendar and I’ll tell you where you’ve been, where you’re going and who’s on the journey with you. ~ Calendars are a choice
Read more: My Morning Routine
The next few minutes or days or months–sure, you own them, and you can put them to whatever use you choose. But just because you’ve been using your time in a particular way for a long time doesn’t mean you need to keep doing that. ~ The best possible use
Read more: The Not To Do List
We seek both velocity and possibility, but not at the same time. ~ Velocity and possibility
Read more: The Productivity Diet
When we feel like doing something selfish, indulgent, hurtful or short-term, we can simply decide to do it later. And when it occurs to us that we might be able to make a useful contribution or do something important, perhaps we could do it now. ~ Later or now?
Read more: Work Clean
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