Comments on: Getting Real With Your Lists http://patrickrhone.com/2008/04/17/getting-real-with-your-lists/ Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:59:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Brad Blackman http://patrickrhone.com/2008/04/17/getting-real-with-your-lists/comment-page-1/#comment-109 Brad Blackman Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:58:03 +0000 http://dev.patrickrhone.com/2008/04/17/getting-real-with-your-lists/#comment-109 <p>Great post, Patrick. I had been thinking something along these lines earlier this week but not with so much clarity. Actually I had been thinking to move some stuff onto the Someday/Maybe list that really doesn't belong on my normal list, but maybe those things should really be refactored.</p> <p>Again, great post!</p> Great post, Patrick. I had been thinking something along these lines earlier this week but not with so much clarity. Actually I had been thinking to move some stuff onto the Someday/Maybe list that really doesn’t belong on my normal list, but maybe those things should really be refactored.

Again, great post!

]]> By: Jamie Phelps http://patrickrhone.com/2008/04/17/getting-real-with-your-lists/comment-page-1/#comment-108 Jamie Phelps Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:57:38 +0000 http://dev.patrickrhone.com/2008/04/17/getting-real-with-your-lists/#comment-108 <p>I can't add a lot to this discussion; the others have said it well already. What I'd like to add is a turn of phrase. I like that you said, "Don’t try to 'hope' it into reality" but the phrase that I like to use is "Hope is not a strategy." I'm rather ashamed of where I picked that phrase up, but I have found it pithy enough to be profound. Keep up the great writing!</p> I can’t add a lot to this discussion; the others have said it well already. What I’d like to add is a turn of phrase. I like that you said, “Don’t try to ‘hope’ it into reality” but the phrase that I like to use is “Hope is not a strategy.” I’m rather ashamed of where I picked that phrase up, but I have found it pithy enough to be profound. Keep up the great writing!

]]> By: @Stephen | Productivity in Context http://patrickrhone.com/2008/04/17/getting-real-with-your-lists/comment-page-1/#comment-107 @Stephen | Productivity in Context Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:37:14 +0000 http://dev.patrickrhone.com/2008/04/17/getting-real-with-your-lists/#comment-107 <p>Good idea. This occurred to me back in Jan. when I did my first Annual Review and Goal Setting for 2008. I noticed a bunch of stuff I had been dragging along and decided that it just wasn't worth doing. Heh. What a load off of my mind!</p> Good idea. This occurred to me back in Jan. when I did my first Annual Review and Goal Setting for 2008. I noticed a bunch of stuff I had been dragging along and decided that it just wasn’t worth doing. Heh. What a load off of my mind!

]]> By: Jason http://patrickrhone.com/2008/04/17/getting-real-with-your-lists/comment-page-1/#comment-106 Jason Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:28:05 +0000 http://dev.patrickrhone.com/2008/04/17/getting-real-with-your-lists/#comment-106 <p>Patrick that's a great thought. Those "out there" ideas are just dead weight around your neck.</p> <p>But if someone out there is gun shy, maybe they could take a more calculated approach. One might jot the date as they add a Someday/Maybe item to that list. Then, as Michael said above, every quarter kill everything older than a finite date.</p> Patrick that’s a great thought. Those “out there” ideas are just dead weight around your neck.

But if someone out there is gun shy, maybe they could take a more calculated approach. One might jot the date as they add a Someday/Maybe item to that list. Then, as Michael said above, every quarter kill everything older than a finite date.

]]> By: David R. http://patrickrhone.com/2008/04/17/getting-real-with-your-lists/comment-page-1/#comment-105 David R. Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:21:31 +0000 http://dev.patrickrhone.com/2008/04/17/getting-real-with-your-lists/#comment-105 <p>Patrick, another really well-done, thoughtful post. I disagree somewhat with aggressively pruning your someday maybe list. If every few months you think "I'd like to learn chinese, but this isn't the right time in my life," putting it on a someday maybe list helps free that bit of psychic ram. You've captured it, so it does not have to keep reminding you that it's something you'd like to do. Even low probability items can nag at you in this way. Best regards,</p> <p>David</p> Patrick, another really well-done, thoughtful post. I disagree somewhat with aggressively pruning your someday maybe list. If every few months you think “I’d like to learn chinese, but this isn’t the right time in my life,” putting it on a someday maybe list helps free that bit of psychic ram. You’ve captured it, so it does not have to keep reminding you that it’s something you’d like to do. Even low probability items can nag at you in this way. Best regards,

David

]]> By: Michael Ramm http://patrickrhone.com/2008/04/17/getting-real-with-your-lists/comment-page-1/#comment-104 Michael Ramm Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:12:41 +0000 http://dev.patrickrhone.com/2008/04/17/getting-real-with-your-lists/#comment-104 <p>Awesome post, Patrick. I think that this is the kind of introspection that we all need to do from time to time. I would suggest this exercise at least quarterly, if not more. You really need to 'soak up' the intent of your action item, and make a firm decision to make it happen.</p> Awesome post, Patrick. I think that this is the kind of introspection that we all need to do from time to time. I would suggest this exercise at least quarterly, if not more. You really need to ‘soak up’ the intent of your action item, and make a firm decision to make it happen.

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