{"id":15782,"date":"2017-03-14T13:43:35","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T20:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/?p=15782"},"modified":"2017-03-14T13:45:39","modified_gmt":"2017-03-14T20:45:39","slug":"advice-for-perfectionists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2017\/03\/advice-for-perfectionists\/","title":{"rendered":"Advice for perfectionists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Question:<\/strong> Do you have any GTD pointers for perfectionists?\u00a0<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-15783\" src=\"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/michael-frattaroli-221247-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/michael-frattaroli-221247-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/michael-frattaroli-221247-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/michael-frattaroli-221247-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>David Allen:<\/strong> Just focus on doing the next action perfectly, which is a lot easier than trying to be perfect about how you approach\u00a0something bigger. Be as retentive as you want. The only problem is when it stops action. Be a perfectionist about the process, which will require, of course, making decisions on the front end that might not be perfect. Think about what might go wrong if you avoid decisions and action! (If you need a negative motivator.)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Do you have any GTD pointers for perfectionists?\u00a0 David Allen: Just focus on doing the next action perfectly, which is a lot easier than trying to be perfect about how you approach\u00a0something bigger. Be as retentive as you want. The only problem is when it stops action. 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