From the course: Getting Things Done

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How do I stick with it?

How do I stick with it?

From the course: Getting Things Done

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How do I stick with it?

- I hear from a lot of people, David, I started getting things done and I fell off the wagon. Until this thing becomes habitual, it probably is something that you would fall off the wagon about 'cause have such a habit of keeping things in their head. When life gets tough and you can't focus on the thing you're trying to learn, you'll get back onto cruise control again and cruise control for most people is file it in your head. That is actually the default behavior for a lot of people about a lot of stuff, and they slip back into that pretty easily. So the interesting thing is it's very easy to fall off the getting things done wagon. What's also true is it's very easy to get back on the getting things done wagon. It takes a couple of minutes. Stop, sit down, empty your head again, make next-action decisions. It comes back to, how soon can you start to recognize that I'm off, and wanna be back on again? So yeah, fall off, get back on, fall off, get back on, fall off, get back on. You…

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