Comments on: ADD stages – Assess

By: ADD stages: Decide - A Life Management Framework

ADD stages: Decide - A Life Management Framework — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:20:17 +0000

[...] you came here directly you may want to check out first the Assess realm [...]

By: ADD stages: Do - A Life Management Framework

ADD stages: Do - A Life Management Framework — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:18:12 +0000

[...] you came here directly you may want to check out first the Assess realm and Decide realm [...]

By: System Overload

System Overload — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:33:17 +0000

[...] Before you’re actually doing something you’ve already put to stress your system: you’re first assessing, and then decide what’s to be done and only after that you really start doing it. That’s the [...]

By: dragos

dragos — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:26:48 +0000

Thanks for the nice words and indeed, evaluation without pressure is a key factor in an ADD cycle. The decision and do realms can be heavily affected by an incomplete or plain wrong assess stage.

By: dragos

dragos — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:24:46 +0000

Seems like you’re right, but I suppose you’re talking about business only. Different areas of our lives have different ADD implementations.

By: Brian J. Smith

Brian J. Smith — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:03:56 +0000

I would have to say that of your 3 realms, Assessing is where I spend a lot of my time-at least when it comes to big decisions. I have to mull over all the facts and ideas surrounding a given decision. Before launching our business, we researched meticulously and looked at every avenue related before moving on to actually deciding to move forward. If I understand your articles about ADD stages, then my decide and do stages are a lot shorter and less prominent than my assess stage.

By: Robin Easton

Robin Easton — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:01:43 +0000

Wow, what a brain you have to line all this up!! I am just blown away. I agree with Jonathan Wells said. You have a keen business mind.

I liked many aspects of this article but especially like how you included dreams, memories and mediation as well, makes it more well rounded. I also really relate to this line and find it VERY key. “Evaluating without the pressure of a decision or a deadline is a very necessary step.” Even if I have a deadline or there is pressure to make a decision, something I do is to assess as if there were no deadline, no limitations, no need to decide. It allows my mind to wander into an expansive place of possibilities.
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By: dragos

dragos — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 08:10:32 +0000

For what I see, you’re very organized and curious. Getting “stuck” in some of the parts of the assessment is ok, as long as you find the resources to take a decision. A good assessment is often the key to a great decision followed by a fantastic implementation.

By: dragos

dragos — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 08:08:51 +0000

The Assess stage is definitely one of the most appealing to a lot of people, and I think because it doesn’t involve any risk at all. Both decision and doing implies some risk, so maybe the comfort zone is what is keeping people in the Assess realm.

By: Kikolani

Kikolani — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 20:29:04 +0000

Wow, this is a great guide to how to assess something. I often get stuck in either the dreaming or managing information stage. I like to really visualize things before I get started, and that takes a while for me sometimes. Or I like to go out and collect as much information as I can about something before making a decision about it, and again, that takes a huge amount of time and I’m not always that organized at it.

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