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	<title>Comments on: Productivity Tools?  Time Management Techniques?  First You Need a Strategy:  Slow Down FAST</title>
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		<title>By: David Bohl</title>
		<link>http://www.slowdownfast.com/productivity-tools-time-management-techniques-first-you-need-a-strategy-slow-down-fast/comment-page-1/#comment-155</link>
		<dc:creator>David Bohl</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2007 14:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Red,

Absolutely!  I&#039;ve shared my thoughts on focus in my article &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.slowdownfast.com/slowdownarticles/lifestyle/productivityefficiency.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;PRODUCTIVITY, EFFICIENCY, EFFECTIVENESS, and FOCUS – Doing the Next Right Thing&lt;/a&gt;

Here&#039;s why I agree with you (excerpt):

It’s about being focused, centered, and engaged.  To strive to do the next right thing, you want to:

* You want to be introspective, constantly examining your thoughts, beliefs, and values to relate what you’re experiencing – what’s directly in front of you that you want to accomplish – to what you’ve experienced in the past.

You want to bring all your creative talents to bear upon the moment at hand to look at opportunities and challenges from all angles, considering the alternatives, and opening your mind to the new possibilities.

* You want to take the time to stop and think about what you’re doing and where you’re going – to have a sense of direction.

* You want to operate on instinct.  You want to be able to know and act without having to undergo the process of examination at every turn.

You want to reorder your life so that all the extraneous clutter is removed from your thought process.

Remove the distractions – it’s fairly straightforward to figure out what they are –and you’ll find yourself more alert, awake, aware, and alive.  You’ll find that you’ll be clearer and more focused about doing the next right thing.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Red,</p>
<p>Absolutely!  I&#8217;ve shared my thoughts on focus in my article <a href="http://www.slowdownfast.com/slowdownarticles/lifestyle/productivityefficiency.html" rel="nofollow">PRODUCTIVITY, EFFICIENCY, EFFECTIVENESS, and FOCUS – Doing the Next Right Thing</a></p>
<p>Here&#8217;s why I agree with you (excerpt):</p>
<p>It’s about being focused, centered, and engaged.  To strive to do the next right thing, you want to:</p>
<p>* You want to be introspective, constantly examining your thoughts, beliefs, and values to relate what you’re experiencing – what’s directly in front of you that you want to accomplish – to what you’ve experienced in the past.</p>
<p>You want to bring all your creative talents to bear upon the moment at hand to look at opportunities and challenges from all angles, considering the alternatives, and opening your mind to the new possibilities.</p>
<p>* You want to take the time to stop and think about what you’re doing and where you’re going – to have a sense of direction.</p>
<p>* You want to operate on instinct.  You want to be able to know and act without having to undergo the process of examination at every turn.</p>
<p>You want to reorder your life so that all the extraneous clutter is removed from your thought process.</p>
<p>Remove the distractions – it’s fairly straightforward to figure out what they are –and you’ll find yourself more alert, awake, aware, and alive.  You’ll find that you’ll be clearer and more focused about doing the next right thing.</p>
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		<title>By: Red Jello</title>
		<link>http://www.slowdownfast.com/productivity-tools-time-management-techniques-first-you-need-a-strategy-slow-down-fast/comment-page-1/#comment-152</link>
		<dc:creator>Red Jello</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2007 12:43:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It also means focusing. Focus on what needs to be accomplished and let the little things go by the wayside. That way, you don&#039;t feel so overwhelmed.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It also means focusing. Focus on what needs to be accomplished and let the little things go by the wayside. That way, you don&#8217;t feel so overwhelmed.</p>
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