Comments on: Possibility vs. Desirability: Picking The Right Swiss Army Knife http://www.excellencetree.com/journal/72/what-your-swiss-army-knife-cant-do-and-how-youre-better-off-because-of-it Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:35:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Rick Maurer http://www.excellencetree.com/journal/72/what-your-swiss-army-knife-cant-do-and-how-youre-better-off-because-of-it/comment-page-1#comment-1818 Rick Maurer Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:36:08 +0000 http://excellenceuniversity.net/journal/?p=72#comment-1818 I love the ultimate Swiss Army Knife – in fact, I want one. I agree with you that “can’t” is an important word to keep in mind. Not “can’t” in terms of “this will never work” pessimism, but “can’t” as it applies to setting priorities and saying “no” to distractions. If I were to say yes to all the bright shiny objects that want to seduce my time, I would accomplish very little. I admit I do give in to many temptations – that extra hour of TV, reading a mystery instead of War and Peace, starting projects that never go very far. But I do better when I set priorities and put a few of the Swiss Army Knife tools away. Rick Maurer www.beyondresistance.com I love the ultimate Swiss Army Knife – in fact, I want one. I agree with you that “can’t” is an important word to keep in mind. Not “can’t” in terms of “this will never work” pessimism, but “can’t” as it applies to setting priorities and saying “no” to distractions. If I were to say yes to all the bright shiny objects that want to seduce my time, I would accomplish very little. I admit I do give in to many temptations – that extra hour of TV, reading a mystery instead of War and Peace, starting projects that never go very far. But I do better when I set priorities and put a few of the Swiss Army Knife tools away.

Rick Maurer
http://www.beyondresistance.com

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