This endless cosmos, with its incredible scale, makes our entire human life seem like a mere speck that flickered for a moment and then faded away. All external actions, achievements, creations, and discoveries seem entirely different in the context of the universe.
How do you perceive the cosmic insignificance of what's happening?
How does your business, the matter of your entire life, look within the confines of space?
When I worked in the company, I tried many different tools and frameworks to improve productivity.
What worked for me was David Allen's GTD, even in its light version, and Dorofeev's Empty Inbox method became fully integrated.
But let's look at this from a psychological perspective.
The stimulus for both is the desire for Control over the situation. To not let anything go past us. So we don't miss out on anything. And we're not the cause of adverse outcomes. For instance, not losing money, not breaking agreements, or missing opportunities. Of course, it's hard to feel the guilt and consequences of one's imperfections. But consider the amount of effort required to control all streams of information and tasks, even using the most effective methodology. This machine consumes a lot of energy, and in return, it only provides psychological comfort and no resilience.
You know, there are websites that offer alternative software for some program. So, could we incorporate various psychological applications as an alternative to task managers and the like?