Barry Benson Quotes

The alternative approach is to fix a hard upper limit on the number of things that you allow yourself to work on at any given time. In their book Personal Kanban, which explores this strategy in detail, the management experts Jim Benson and Tonianne DeMaria Barry suggest no more than three items.

Personal Kanban: Mapping Work | Navigating Life by Jim Benson and Tonianne DeMaria Barry. This

In their book Personal Kanban, which explores this strategy in detail, the management experts Jim Benson and Tonianne DeMaria Barry suggest no more than three items. Once you’ve selected those tasks, all other incoming demands on your time must wait until one of the three items has been completed, thereby freeing up a slot.

Are you completely doubtless that you are nameless?’ he asked. ‘Positively certain.’ ‘Would it be Mick Barry?’ ‘No.’ ‘Charlemagne O’Keeffe?’ ‘No.’ ‘Sir Justin Sens?’ ‘Not that.’ ‘Kimberley?’ ‘No.’ ‘Bernard Fann?’ ‘No.’ ‘Joseph Poe or Nolan?’ ‘No.’ ‘One of the Garvins of or the Moynihans?’ ‘Not them.’ ‘Rosencranz O’Dowd?’ ‘No.’ ‘Would it be O’Benson?’ ‘Not O’Benson.’ ‘The Quigleys, the Mulrooneys or the Hounimen?’ ‘No’ ‘The Hardimen or the Merrimen?’ ‘Not them,’ ‘Peter Dundy?’ ‘No.’ ‘Scrutch?’ ‘No.’ ‘Lord Brad?’ ‘Not him.’ ‘The O’Growneys, the O’Roartys or the Finnehys? ‘No.’ ‘This is an amazing piece of denial and denunciation’ he said (…) ‘An astonishing parade of nullity’; he added.