Anti-hacks attempt to solve problems by approaching them at a higher level of thinking (the prefix ‘anti,’ by the way, can mean ‘instead of’ as in ‘anti-drug,’ or ‘anti-folk’). For example, while David Allen says that ‘mind like water’ (piece of mind) comes from creating exhaustive to-do lists and getting everything out of your head, an anti-hack might involve meditation, because all the list-making in the world will not bring you to a meditative, mind-like-water state.
8 Great Anti-Hacks to Fundamentally Change Your Life | Zen Habits
Lots of great stuff on this list. I’m particularly feeling the effects of #5… The more productive I get, the more is demanded of me. Definitely paints Wally (in Dilbert) in a more positive light.
