The recent proliferation of productivity methods, software, and articles sheds some light on an interesting aspect of modernity. 1/?
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But none of these systems are actually time-tested or geared towards the specific work you are trying to do, so you doubt, and fail. Masters probably passed much useful productivity advice (not framed as such) to their apprentices, but those lineages died out a long time ago. 4/?
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An actual system for organizing your life in a productive manner that people will actually follow doesn't look like GTD; it looks like the Rules of Saint Benedict. 5/6
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Nowhere is this desire for a god-given system of life management more apparent than in programming, where software development paradigms (Agile, Scrum, Kanban, etc) serve as an imitation of the rules. Many programmers are monks looking for a monastery. 6/6
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I think the fact that these systems aren't geared toward any *specific* kind of life/work is the biggest reason for their failure, aside from the lack-of-faith point. 7/6
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