The recent proliferation of productivity methods, software, and articles sheds some light on an interesting aspect of modernity. 1/?
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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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As you've pointed out: masters used to pass this on to their apprentices, based on a lineage. So what is it that allows for faith in a system? A belief in an authorizing authority (the validity of lineage, the wisdom of masters). But does the authority need to be God?
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It doesn't need to be god, but you need to be able to point to a lineage of people for whom the system worked. Modern popular productivity techniques don't seem to have that, aside from "blog post testimonials" which aren't very psychologically authoritative.
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In SW world, some of these systems are still used, with good results — mostly in large, older cos with $$ to spend on improving productivity, & time to learn. Thrashing happens a lot in small cos ...
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