Comments on: The Resistance List: An Overview of Everything You’re Avoiding

By: Franis

Franis — Sun, 16 May 2010 05:57:18 +0000

I guess I’m coming into this conversation quite late, but got here because your post came up on a thread in author’s Barbara Sher’s forum.
Sometimes I use a list-writing technique called “Auto-focus” to get stuff done. It has this interesting direction that once you read through your list and nothing “pops out” at you to do on that page, everything on that page is dismissed.

But I never really know what to do with the stuff that gets left behind that doesn’t get done. What you suggest is a really cool thing to do with it. After I make a list like this, it’s really interesting how I do not want to just toss all these things away and acknowledge that they are NEVER going to get done. I get sort of wistful about these things that have been on the “back burner” forever…
Fun idea. Good thinking!

By: Mo

Mo — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:54:35 +0000

Hey Ken,

This is cool. I’m actually reading a book that touches on this very topic – you may be interested in reading it. The book is “Getting Things Done” by David Allen. What he describes in the book is a method that anyone can use to de-clutter their brains of what he calls open loops. They are all the things in your head you want/have/need to do but have not done yet (and some you are usually resisting as you said in your post but others are just there taking space and energy) and which typically pop up when you can’t do them or sit there and hurl insults at you and keep your brain in a mess. That usually translates into overwhelm (that’s where I am most days). This leads to you being exhausted and trying to do everything at once which leads to doing absolutely nothing – the end result you lose confidence in yourself and more. Not a fun place to be. Of course he does not stop at just the resist list. He deals with the total organization of your life at work and at home. So far so good. I am going to try and finish it this weekend!!

Anyway, your suggestion to write those things down in a resist list is a great starting point. I’ve been doing this a lot but for me it is not enough. I have too many other open loops in there so I need to overhaul the whole deal.

Thanks,
Mo

By: Barb McMahon

Barb McMahon — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:30:17 +0000

This is such a gentle way to deal with the build-up of thoughts and ideas in our heads. Thanks, Ken!

By: Daniel Edlen

Daniel Edlen — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:44:39 +0000

Wow, this was great Ken! Really well said with good ideas. Thanks for sharing the newsletter content.

Peace.

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By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:27:56 +0000

Ken – Thank you for posting this! I know that my radio listeners will be looking for it! By the way, great chat about this last night!