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In order to make more effective use of the time that I do have, I am listing my intended goals. Plans change--but this is how it looks now.
Ben's political sabatical:
Currently I am on a political "sabatical" (in order to deal with a number of issues in my personal life that require my full attention).
I generally unhook my internet connection for one or two months at a time and then hook up again for a few days. I will,
most likely, be repeating this pattern of activity/inactivity for about a year or so.
Near term goals:
Longer term goals:
Appendix: What is Covey's activity chart?
Stephen Covey (ie: the "Seven Habits of Highly Successful People" author) developed a way to chart goals and activity along two dimensions: importance and urgency.
The problem for many people (and organizations) is that they tend to get trapped in the first quadrant (ie: activity that is both urgent and important).
But real success comes from a focus on the second quadrant (ie: activity that is important but not urgent).
Successful management of goals and activity involves learning methods of spending more time and energy on the 2nd quadrant. The second quadrant is the quadrant of investment. Time spent there will be far more productive than time spent in the first quadrant in the same way that it is cheaper and easier to prevent a fire than to put out a fire that has broken out.
Example: Here is an example related to opposing views concerning the priorities of the Seattle Anti-Imperialist Committee (SAIC):
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 | Q1 --Quadrant of Urgency (firefighting) x x ( nothing is urgent ) | Q2 ----------------------Quadrant of Investment (fire prevention) ● Maintain Sabatical - resist the temptation to be drawn into an unsustainable level of political work and activity ● Assist any motion - that comes from the core members xx of our community-in-embryo (ie: Alex, Paul or Marik) in the direction of creating a practical program of action |
| Q3 | Q4 |
Ben's political sabatical:
Currently I am on a political "sabatical" (in order to deal with a number of issues in my personal life that require my full attention).
I generally unhook my internet connection for one or two months at a time and then hook up again for a few days. I will,
most likely, be repeating this pattern of activity/inactivity for about a year or so.
Near term goals:
- email letter to Eric asking for link to my reply
- email 8th floor re: previous wiki (can we get pages for downloading?)
- Ben replies needed:
** Ginger Group, "The First Step" by Garnet
** Paul comments on D of P on front page of this wiki - Ben replies needed:
- post text (with my comments) from shipyard chapter of "radical passions" at: and http://counterpunch.org/jacobs07122008.html
- Place my graphics on wiki (so that readers who browse "Photo Gallery" will find)
Longer term goals:
establish firm beachhead on RevLeft (mediumwith effort,theretical significantarticles and impact)graphics,
recruit the better or more serious readers there to Media Weapon communitymedium very significant create article (using 20 percent of my reply to Eric plus the graphics from it)
with the title "Mass Information War is our Road to Certain Victory" (smaller effort, little impact)small small create animated version of the above for YouTube (medium effort, medium significant impact) Work on the AttentionRefinery (very very large effort, very large impact)
Appendix: What is Covey's activity chart?
Stephen Covey (ie: the "Seven Habits of Highly Successful People" author) developed a way to chart goals and activity along two dimensions: importance and urgency.
The problem for many people (and organizations) is that they tend to get trapped in the first quadrant (ie: activity that is both urgent and important).
But real success comes from a focus on the second quadrant (ie: activity that is important but not urgent).
Successful management of goals and activity involves learning methods of spending more time and energy on the 2nd quadrant. The second quadrant is the quadrant of investment. Time spent there will be far more productive than time spent in the first quadrant in the same way that it is cheaper and easier to prevent a fire than to put out a fire that has broken out.
Example: Here is an example related to opposing views concerning the priorities of the Seattle Anti-Imperialist Committee (SAIC):
