To quote Merlin:

“Everyone wants to eat the hot dog, no one cares how it got made”

This is an old video (2007) but I just watched it again recently. It’s a Google Tech Talk by Merlin Mann of 43folders.com. It has really helped me keep my e-mail under control, but the principals can also be applied to other areas in life where you have to prioitize and organize (the whole GTD concept). If you have an hour to kill, I recommend watching this video.

A few pull quotes from “Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity” by David Allen.

Time is the quality of nature that keeps events from happening all at once. Lately it doesn’t seem to be working. —Anonymous
We can never really be prepared for that which is wholly new. We have to adjust, ourselves, and every radical adjustment is a crisis in selfesteem: we undergo a test, we have to prove ourselves. It needs subordinate self-confidence to face drastic change without inner trembling. —Eric Hoffer
Anything that causes you to overreact or …