Comments on: Think Small Steps https://gettingthingsdone.com/2010/01/think-small/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=think-small David Allen's GTD® Methodology Fri, 20 Jun 2014 14:21:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: Sheri Rubin https://gettingthingsdone.com/2010/01/think-small/#comment-1891 Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:06:34 +0000 http://www.gtdtimes.com/?p=3100#comment-1891 I actually got the GTD Tickler File Folders but instead of hanging folders I went to the office supply store and got those cheap metal bookends (example here: http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/678543/Office-Depot-Brand-Steel-5-Recycled/). I then put the one bookend into the other and expanded it as much as I needed to fit all 43 folders in, eliminated having to do what you did above and I can expand it or close it in based on how much stuff is stuffing up my folders. Bonus is the book end is not so high up that it covers the top of the folders making it for easy access. :)

]]> By: Gerry Gold https://gettingthingsdone.com/2010/01/think-small/#comment-1890 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 02:00:55 +0000 http://www.gtdtimes.com/?p=3100#comment-1890 I agree with the baby steps and focusing on direction. If the direction something is going is right, I worry less about the speed. Just found your blog looking forward to reading more.

]]> By: Dr. Marc Kossmann https://gettingthingsdone.com/2010/01/think-small/#comment-1889 Sun, 17 Jan 2010 15:11:29 +0000 http://www.gtdtimes.com/?p=3100#comment-1889 You know, that is so true. Earlier this year, I was reading Jeff Olsen’s book, The Slight Edge. Don’t know if you have run across it or not, but given what you have just written, I think you will find it right up your alley.

One of the main themes is that little things compounded over time are so much more powerful than we give them credit for.

My dentist used to joke, “you don’t really need to brush all of your teeth – just the ones you want to keep!” And that is the thing brushing your teeth is a little thing. If you don’t are your teeth going to fall out? Well, not today. But not doing it, compounded over time – not a pretty sight.

So taking time out to grease the moving parts of your system (any and all of your systems) is so much more important over time than it appears to be on the surface.

Over time, the extra couple of minutes you just saved checking your tickler file might add up to a massive change in your life. You just won’t necessarily even realize that the two things were connected.

Thanks for the insights!

Dr. Marc Kossmann

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