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\"\"<\/a>Top-down approaches are excellent for improving your vision, but there\u2019s no weather at 50,000 feet! As you descend from these high, \u201cplanning altitudes,\u201d they give no instruments for flying at \u201cproject altitudes\u201d \u2013 through cloud cover at 10,000 feet, and the ground fog on the runway. Top-down approaches bog down during taxi, take-off, and landing on busy days.\u00a0 Getting Things Done is the \u201cinstrument training\u201d that you need to stay on course \u2013 especially on those foggy days when life\u2019s runway gets backed up.\u00a0 – David Allen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Top-down approaches are excellent for improving your vision, but there\u2019s no weather at 50,000 feet! As you descend from these high, \u201cplanning altitudes,\u201d they give no instruments for flying at \u201cproject altitudes\u201d \u2013 through cloud cover at 10,000 feet, and the ground fog on the runway. Top-down approaches bog down during taxi, take-off, and landing … <\/p>\n

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