Doing: Get Things Done

Doing is the ultimate factor. Nothing can influence the outcome of that which you have already done. Doing is the empowering root of all skills. Master doing itself, and you can master doing anything.

Doology

Doology is the applied study of doing. Understanding the larger world in which we live as the sum total of all the things humans do, doology is the study of the act of doing itself which is the basic building block of our lives and the shaping force of history.

In On Killing, Lt. Col. David Grossman points out that understanding war without understanding killing is like understanding relationships without understanding sex: The act itself is the basis for the larger phenomenon. He posits killology as the study of factors that cause killing and effects that are caused by it.

What Makes People Do Things?

"Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it."

—Lou Holtz

Ideas, skills, tools and allies are four things that help people to get things done. They also need to have a doer attitude to succeed.

Doing Factors

There are a number of factors that contribute to doing.

Enlisting Peer Pressure

Peer pressure is usually referred to as a negative thing but sometimes you can use it to your advantage. Suppose that you intend to do something important and you want every possible motivation to help ensure you do it without fail. By telling your friends that you will do it, you are enlisting peer support for something that you will do. You will feel even better about doing it knowing that your friends are supporting you and you would feel very silly about not doing it because your friends would know.

Other Doologists

There is an Interfaith group which already teaches ideas they call "Doology". Their focus is on their own African American community issues, but the philosophy also applies to all people and communities.

"The Institute was founded on the philosophy of Doology, which is the study of action to improve the community in which one lives. Doology stresses actions to counteract the problems in the black community, as opposed to strictly talking about the problems."

—First Church of Interfaith