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Some David Allen "twos" - two reasons we procrastinate, and two kinds of problems

Here is a pair of related thoughts that I picked up from David Allen's Getting Things Done. Paraphrasing him:

• There are only two reasons for procrastination: The task is either a) overwhelming (too big), or b) not motivating (unpleasant).
  
  


• There are only two problems in life: a) You know what your want, and you don't know how to get it, and/or b) you don't know what you want.

As you might have guessed, Allen's solution (typically clear and powerful) is to apply his two big focusing questions, respectively:

1. What's the next action?
   


2. What's the desired outcome?

http://ideamatt.blogspot.com/2005/10/some-david-allen-twos-two-reasons-we.html

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(I've been reading IdeaMatt all morning... great site)