24: The pendulum of focus

On today’s show I talk a bit about focus, multi-tasking, bad habits with due dates in OmniFocus, and how Parkinson’s Law combined with a perfectionist mindset can make for a bad combination.

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Related links and reading:

* Parkinson’s Law: work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion
* Focus, by Leo Babauta
* OmniFocus Best Practice: Use due dates sparingly
* OmniFocus Perspectives Redux: Introduction & Planning
* OmniFocus Perspectives Redux: Doing

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