Where Those Distractions Are Really Located.

One thing that really helps me stay on an accomplishment roll is keeping close track of how productive I am actually being. Measurement supports mastery.

I use a scale of one to ten for this. "10" is the score for "Wow, I am really sizzling here" and "1" is the score for being frozen in the ice of perplexing and mortifying inertia.

I have been doing this tracking while starting this blog. I came into this project as a 10. In fact, most mornings for me look like 10 10 10 10 10. I wrote a long introduction to this blog and the words were flowing thorough like melted butter. More of 10, 10, 10, 10.

And then, oh my god, the program was not taking all my text. I had to keep editing down and editing down and editing down and my productivity scale went down with it. 9,6,4,2,1. From watching this I got an important insight about sustaining productivity.

The limitation of this blog template had nothing to do with my productivity drop; it was my attitude about it, my inner aversion to having to edit my words.

Distractions are not about what is on the outside -- they are about what we do inside with what is going on outside. Good! As I recognize this, as I release my reactions, my scores are on the way up again...6,7,8,9. I can't get higher than 9 right now. I think it is time to get something to eat.

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