Clarifying things on the front end, when they first appear on the radar, rather than on the back end, after trouble has developed, allows people to r… - David Allen

There is one thing we can do, and the happiest people are those who can do it to the limit of their ability. We can be completely present. We can be all here. We can…give all our attention to the opportunity before us. — Mark Van Doren

So, what are you really trying to do here, anyway?” (vision, purpose).

As Peter Drucker wrote: “In knowledge work . . . the task is not given; it has to be determined. ‘What are the expected results from this work?’ is . . . the key question in making knowledge workers productive. And it is a question that demands risky decisions. There is usually no right answer; there are choices instead. And results have to be clearly specified, if productivity is to be achieved.”*