Comments on: Motivation is hard http://www.ourstartupstory.com/motivation-is-hard/ Tracking the journey of some startups Thu, 25 Mar 2010 19:03:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Tom Frauenhofer http://www.ourstartupstory.com/motivation-is-hard/comment-page-1/#comment-4352 Tom Frauenhofer Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:31:28 +0000 http://www.ourstartupstory.com/?p=333#comment-4352 I like this, but your answer to "Keep the Finish Line In Sight" reinforced the point. It's more about how you prioritize all the tasks you have to do. It's not the actual tasks you choose to do, it's the filter that you run to decide which tasks are important - responding to the emails or calls that are important, deciding when to buy a piece of furniture and which piece to buy, etc. If it's not ultimately helping you get to the finish line is it important? And just because it's not directly related to the business something might be important, too. You need to go to that movie with your spouse because you need to clear your mind so you can remember the goal. Covey calls this "sharpening the saw". I like this, but your answer to "Keep the Finish Line In Sight" reinforced the point. It's more about how you prioritize all the tasks you have to do. It's not the actual tasks you choose to do, it's the filter that you run to decide which tasks are important – responding to the emails or calls that are important, deciding when to buy a piece of furniture and which piece to buy, etc. If it's not ultimately helping you get to the finish line is it important?

And just because it's not directly related to the business something might be important, too. You need to go to that movie with your spouse because you need to clear your mind so you can remember the goal. Covey calls this "sharpening the saw".

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