Place Holders, Personal Energy, Rhythm
Sroeder:
Place holders are simply anything, whether it be a NA listed on your lists, or something in your tickler file, or in your inbox, that will prompt you that there is something to be done. David has an excellent video clip here on Connect called "Dealing with Interuptions" that gives an excellent visual example.
There is an excellent book called "The Power of Full Engagement" that discusses this. Here is the link to amazon.com. [/URL]http://www.amazon.com/Power-Full-Engagement-Managing-Performance/dp/0743226747[/URL]
Finally, when I'm really "in the zone" (and I think this is what Sean is referring to) and working on moving projects forward and cleaning up next actions, one does feel a rhythm develop -- next action done, what's next? Next action done, what's next? And so on.
JH