{"id":6204,"date":"2012-06-13T21:27:09","date_gmt":"2012-06-14T04:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gtdtimes.com\/2012\/06\/13\/"},"modified":"2014-06-12T18:19:54","modified_gmt":"2014-06-13T01:19:54","slug":"2-ingredients-for-making-it-all-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2012\/06\/2-ingredients-for-making-it-all-work\/","title":{"rendered":"2 ingredients for making it all work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The two key ingredients for making it all work are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Control<\/li>\n<li>Perspective<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you can maintain a sufficent level of each of these factors in yourself or in your organization,  your world will be in order and you&#8217;ll be focused exactly as you should be.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014David Allen, <em>Making It All Work<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Where do you stand, today, on the matrix of self-management?    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