“Those who don't overcommit, who undercommit, who just focus on one or two things, those one or two things become magnified so they become these big heavy, pressure-filled things. And those conditions can lead to procrastination. Overcommitting takes the pressure off those one or two things because now the pressure is on doing ALL the things. A counterintuitive hack there.” BusyGoals In LifeGetting Things DoneGoal AchievementBusynessBusy PeopleAchiving Author:David Tian Ph.D
“I read these biographies all the time about these successful people and one of the patterns that I've discovered, and what I've discovered in myself and all of my friends who have become very successful, has been the fact that they say "Yes" to a lot of commitments. If you just have this one goal, then that one thing may get shoved under the rug and procrastinated on. But if you say yes to a lot of things; if you almost overcommit, then you probably won't get all of the things you've committed to complete. But you'll get a good portion of them. The 80% that you DO get done will still be more than that one person who said no to a lot of things. The busiest people get the most things done.” ProductivityEfficiencyEffectivenessJust Do ItBusy LifeGetting Things DoneGetting StartedProductivity TipsBusy PeopleProcrastination Quote Author:David Tian Ph.D