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# Modest Operations | Newsletter Volume 25
- URL: https://www.drewshannon.net/modest-operations-newsletter-volume-25/
- Published: 2019-05-14T16:59:49.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-13T22:24:44.000Z
- Description: Modest Operations email newsletter Volume 25 (May 14, 2019).
- Author: Drew Shannon
- Tags: 43 folders, merlin mann, modest operations, newsletter, #import-mailchimp-2026-09-13

I need another productivity system like I need a hole in my head, but I recently finished listening to [Getting Things Done](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1633.Getting%5FThings%5FDone?ref=drewshannon.net) on audiobook, which I completely inhaled during every spare moment of alone time over the past few days. I haven't been at the top of my game work-wise for the past few months, so it feels like a good reset.

It's simultaneously panic-inducing and inspiring, and everything in between.

**This Week's Links** *A list of things I've been reading & thinking about.*\* "I think Getting Things Done appeals to geeks for a lot of reasons...geeks crave actionable items and roll their eyes at 'mission statements' and lofty management patois" - [Getting started with "Getting Things Done" (Merlin Mann for *43 Folders*)](http://www.43folders.com/2004/09/08/getting-started-with-getting-things-done?ref=drewshannon.net) \* "'Dinners help us have a better understanding of each individual person, which brings us closer to each other -- and, on the court, understand each other better,' former Spurs guard Danny Green says. On the road, whenever possible, the Spurs tend to stay over and fly out the next morning. 'So we can have that time together,' former San Antonio center Pau Gasol says. 'I haven't been a part of that anywhere else. And players know the importance of it as well -- and how important it is to Pop.'" - [Michelin restaurants and fabulous wines: Inside the secret team dinners that have built the Spurs' dynasty (Baxter Holmes for *ESPN)*](http://www.espn.com/nba/story/%5F/id/26524600?ref=drewshannon.net)