Question: How do you keep from taking the “easy way out” of answering calls and responding to emails etc., to avoid the high-level work?

David Allen’s answer: It’s usually because of lack of sufficient reason to be doing the thing or lack of a sense of control in the initial engagement—physically, mentally, or emotionally. If the life of someone dear to you was dependent on you finishing the writing project in the next 24 hours (an outcome meaningful enough, I would guess), I think you’d find yourself breaking through some resistances to get that done.

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