#### April 26, 2021 #### Links [Transistor](https://share.transistor.fm/s/ee1db28a) [Spotify]() [Google Podcasts](https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy50cmFuc2lzdG9yLmZtL2Vzc2VudGlhbC1keW5hbWljcy13aXRoLWRlcmVrLWh1ZHNvbg/episode/NTMxNmZhYTktY2RjMC00OGQ2LWExNjMtODk5ZGYwNGNiNWQx?sa=X&ved=0CAUQkfYCahcKEwig96jHvoz2AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQCg) [Apple Podcasts](https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/management-attention-is-the-ultimate-constraint/id1542392917?i=1000518715708) [Podcast Addict](https://podcastaddict.com/episode/124195016) #### Summary TOC Founder Eli Goldratt concluded the ultimate constraint of any organization is how much attention management has to apply to the business. Derek and Reed go deeper on this subject end up discussing ways to help their own tendencies to distraction. #### Concepts - [[Constraints]] - [[_Essential Dynamics Wiki/1. Concepts/System Flow]] #### Quotes >In a complex system, you fix a constraint, there's another one. You fix that one, there's another one. >The ultimate constraint of an organization is management's capacity to pay attention to something. The ultimate constraint of a person is that person's capacity to stay on task and do the most important things. #### See also - [[The Management Attention Deficit Problem]] - [The Pomodoro Technique](https://francescocirillo.com/products/the-pomodoro-technique) - Nir Eyal, [Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44595007-indistractable) %% #BadMultitasking