Comments on: Key to Organization: The Habit of Now http://gigaom.com/collaboration/key-to-organization-the-habit-of-now/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:54:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: (Ré-)organisation « pintiniblog http://gigaom.com/collaboration/key-to-organization-the-habit-of-now/#comment-64496 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:49:49 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/2007/09/28/key-to-organization-the-habit-of-now/#comment-64496 [...] Key to Organization: The Habit of Now [...]

]]> By: Hackea Tu Vida » Blog Archive » El hábito del ahora http://gigaom.com/collaboration/key-to-organization-the-habit-of-now/#comment-64495 Sat, 05 Sep 2009 03:40:23 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/2007/09/28/key-to-organization-the-habit-of-now/#comment-64495 [...] un artículo de Get Rich slowly y otro de Web Worker Daily, podemos encontrar varios trucos para adquirir el hábito del ‘ahora’. Cosas con las [...]

]]> By: Susan http://gigaom.com/collaboration/key-to-organization-the-habit-of-now/#comment-64494 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:37:05 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/2007/09/28/key-to-organization-the-habit-of-now/#comment-64494 I love Anna’s comment: “How do you balance “do it now” with “don’t multi-task” – I come across something and go to “do it now” and pretty soon I’m scrubbing around the faucet in the upstairs bathroom with a toothbrush instead of writing, calling, scheduling or whatever it was I was doing in the first place.”
Exactly… that’s what a lot of procrastinators do. I think we each have subconscious reasons for behaving the way we do. I see procrastination as being linked to perfectionism… that a perfectionism wants things to be done perfectly, and that will take a lot of time, or perhaps s/he doesn’t believe s/he’s got what it takes to do that task yet… so then it gets put off, until there is time… and that may be a while! I’d love to see comments of what others see as the cause of their procrastination.

]]> By: El hábito del ahora - Hackea Tu Vida http://gigaom.com/collaboration/key-to-organization-the-habit-of-now/#comment-64493 Sun, 01 Jun 2008 20:23:10 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/2007/09/28/key-to-organization-the-habit-of-now/#comment-64493 [...] un artículo de Get Rich slowly y otro de Web Worker Daily, podemos encontrar varios trucos para adquirir el hábito del ‘ahora’. Cosas con las [...]

]]> By: Du Tudú » Blog Archive » El hábito del ahora http://gigaom.com/collaboration/key-to-organization-the-habit-of-now/#comment-64492 Sun, 21 Oct 2007 21:54:16 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/2007/09/28/key-to-organization-the-habit-of-now/#comment-64492 [...] un artículo de Get Rich slowly y otro de Web Worker Daily, podemos encontrar varios trucos para adquirir el hábito del ‘ahora’. Cosas con las [...]

]]> By: anna http://gigaom.com/collaboration/key-to-organization-the-habit-of-now/#comment-64491 Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:57:40 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/2007/09/28/key-to-organization-the-habit-of-now/#comment-64491 How do you balance “do it now” with “don’t multi-task” – I come across something and go to “do it now” and pretty soon I’m scrubbing around the faucet in the upstairs bathroom with a toothbrush instead of writing, calling, scheduling or whatever it was I was doing in the first place.

]]> By: Sara Bocaneanu http://gigaom.com/collaboration/key-to-organization-the-habit-of-now/#comment-64490 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 13:18:16 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/2007/09/28/key-to-organization-the-habit-of-now/#comment-64490 The tips for developing the habit are great! It is, however, much easier if you take the time to not only set up the system in the beginning so it’s very easy to use, but also tinker with it when it gets too left-handed to use.

]]> By: Leo http://gigaom.com/collaboration/key-to-organization-the-habit-of-now/#comment-64489 Sun, 30 Sep 2007 03:04:02 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/2007/09/28/key-to-organization-the-habit-of-now/#comment-64489 Well, you can call it discipline, but I don’t know that that’s very useful. Because people will just give up and say, “I have no discipline” as if discipline is something you can have, or something you can learn. But how do you learn discipline?

Instead, I find it more useful to think of this as a habit. Then it’s doable: you can form habits. I’ve formed many habits: running, quitting smoking, organizational habits, clean-as-you-go, waking early, etc. … and though it’s not always an easy process, it’s fairly achievable. Think of this as a habit, focus on it for a month, and you can do it … you don’t need discipline.

]]> By: Peter http://gigaom.com/collaboration/key-to-organization-the-habit-of-now/#comment-64488 Sat, 29 Sep 2007 21:38:38 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/2007/09/28/key-to-organization-the-habit-of-now/#comment-64488 #2 is a variant of one of my favorite organizational phrases,

“Don’t Put It Down, Put It Away.”

(I believe this is attributed to Janeane Garofalo, but don’t quote me on that.)

]]> By: srcasm http://gigaom.com/collaboration/key-to-organization-the-habit-of-now/#comment-64487 Sat, 29 Sep 2007 04:38:24 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/2007/09/28/key-to-organization-the-habit-of-now/#comment-64487 And that was supposed to say can be found on Wikipedia – 5S Methodology. Sorry.

]]> By: srcasm http://gigaom.com/collaboration/key-to-organization-the-habit-of-now/#comment-64486 Sat, 29 Sep 2007 04:37:48 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/2007/09/28/key-to-organization-the-habit-of-now/#comment-64486 I agree with these tips for organization. In my company we use a system called 5S. 5S is a way of organizing your work area and it can help both physically and digitally. The five S’s are Seiri, Seiton, Seisō, Seiketsu, and Shitsuke. These translate to Seperating, Sorting, Cleaning, Standardizing and Sustaining. With these five steps many people find it much easier to work and to find things that they need when they need it. More info can be found on

]]> By: Drainedge Link Tank | Links From Around the Web http://gigaom.com/collaboration/key-to-organization-the-habit-of-now/#comment-64485 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 20:48:25 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/2007/09/28/key-to-organization-the-habit-of-now/#comment-64485 [...] Key to Organization: The Habit of Now – Web Worker Daily [...]

]]> By: ebrown http://gigaom.com/collaboration/key-to-organization-the-habit-of-now/#comment-64484 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 18:49:37 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/2007/09/28/key-to-organization-the-habit-of-now/#comment-64484 Thanks Leo, this is a good reminder. I agree with Serge above too — discipline is the order of the day. Unfortunately, it is not something that comes easily to many people. I have tried several things recently that have helped me. One is creating a Tickler File, a series of folders to refer back to. Another is creating a Knowledge Depot folder on my desktop that I categorize miscellaneous data in, should I need to call it to mind again. I have been reading a lot about knowledge management (from an organizational and personal perspective) lately and trying to apply the principles.
Anybody else have ideas to add?

]]> By: Riselocal.Com » Key to Organization: The Habit of Now http://gigaom.com/collaboration/key-to-organization-the-habit-of-now/#comment-64483 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:03:53 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/2007/09/28/key-to-organization-the-habit-of-now/#comment-64483 [...] Montgomery wrote an interesting post today on Key to Organization: The Habit of NowHere’s a quick [...]

]]> By: Serge Lescouarnec http://gigaom.com/collaboration/key-to-organization-the-habit-of-now/#comment-64482 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:40:16 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/2007/09/28/key-to-organization-the-habit-of-now/#comment-64482 Well Leo

Should we call this discipline?

I would describe this as Getting into the Habit of Doing Things.

It is a process, like eating healthier.

After a while you can see the results.

Let me acknowledge that I am still a work in progress.

I see the usefulness of your steps but have not turned them yet into standard practice.

Have a great day

Serge
‘The French Guy from New Jersey’

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