重读《结果第一》：书越读越薄

记得在中学的时候语文课老师讲过这样的一句话：“在大家看书的时候，先是越看越厚，然后会越看越薄”

当时的理解是：我会看很多很多的书，但是会随着时间的推移沉淀下来很少很少的一部分知识。

当时感觉知识就像从指缝间溜走的流沙，从身边滑过的时间，一种无力感油然而生。。。

但是我通过这么多年的观察和经验总结，我变得乐观了，书是越看越薄没错，但是“淘尽黄沙始见金”，掌握在自己手中的都是精髓。

重读《结果第一》之前，为了保证重读的质量我在纸上写出了这次重读的目标，其中有一条就是：尝试提炼GTD的精髓。

（这里面用到了我以前提到的两种方法：1.主动阅读-Forgetful-system       2.Boss项的设立-完成目标就成功，没有完成就失败）

我问自己这样的问题：

• 为什么需要Next Action???
• 为什么需要Context???
• 为什么GTD能让我们更高效???
• 为什么需要“2分钟法则”???
• 我认真履行了“自己对自己的承诺”了吗???
• 中西GTD有什么背景上的不同???
• 如何将GTD个性化或者私有化???

有些问题我找到了答案，有些问题的答案还在努力的寻找中，但是每次思考这些问题，都增强了我将GTD进行到底的信心，每次思考这些问题，都对GTD的理念有了新的理解。

GTD并不是一本书《搞定》（《getting things done》）而是一种生活方式（life style）

有些朋友也在思考类似的问题，他们让我重读《结果第一》的时候更有效率，感谢他们。

 

"Getting it out of your head" would be a close second.

To my mind, everything follows from those two ideas:

-- you use contexts, because they reflect the thinking you've already done
about what resources you need

-- you use next actions, because they are the most discrete, defineable way
to stage the activity you've already thought through

-- you use a projects list, because you need an inventory of the stuff
you've got to think about

-- you use a tickler, because you sometimes need to defer thinking without
losing an idea

-- you use a waiting for list, because you need to keep other things in
play, but off the field, without further thinking

-- you use a someday/maybe list, to move ideas out of your head and queue
them up for possible "thinking" and "doing"

-- you keep an empty inbox, because unknown "stuff" creates doubt that
you've thought about the things you need to

-- you keep a hard landscape calendar, because "bogus" scheduling undermines
your clarity about priorities in the moment

-- you collect, because that's how you keep stuff out of your head

-- you process, because that how you front-load thinking

-- you organize, because it wastes time to re-collect or re-process

-- you review, because you need to maintain the right balance between
thinking and doing

-- you do, because that's what get's stuff done