Comments on: Nine Tips to Stay Productive in a Spontaneous Life

By: RevitaDerm

RevitaDerm — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 04:48:39 +0000

You can make spontaneous decisions and pursue new opportunities without sacrificing your work ethic. I’d like to argue that having more fun outside your work can actually lead to more work being done.

By: ahmed

ahmed — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:44:12 +0000

Don’t multi task. To go into a healthy state of flow you need to focus narrowly with minimum distraction.

A few hours into the state of flow, you are automatically distracted by hunger, bathroom break etc. After taking a break you just can’t switch to the flow state again. Relax and do something else, fool around or think about what needs to be accomplished and plan your next short intense burst of activity.

By: bunsann kim

bunsann kim — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:08:52 +0000

Thank you for the boredom time, and the muscle part.

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By: Patrick Allmond

Patrick Allmond — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 12:33:11 +0000

I would disagree that Time Management does not work. Of course it works. The problem may be that a lot of people are not taking advantage of it, or they are seeing it as a way of being forced into a schedule and are disappointed if the time slips on it.

Every day I schedule as much as I can on my calendar. But I know that I also have to be flexible. I may have to skip something, some things may take longer, some things may go shorter. But at lease I have laid out what is ahead of me for the day in terms of a plan. And you have to have that plan if you hope to accomplish anything.

Time Management does work 100% used properly and the need the need for flexibility is understood.

Thanks for the great posts.

Patrick
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Fri, 13 Jul 2007 20:21:19 +0000

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By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 01:54:23 +0000

Nice Post.
Results are my primary concern also. It has to be specific in order for me to compare them with my previous accomplishments to identify whether there is progress or not. Thanks for sharing your ideas.

By: D

Mon, 09 Jul 2007 16:33:00 +0000

Hi Scott,

Just the post I need. Thank you very much for your ideas on this.

I’ve changed my approach from a planned and slow one to spontaneous way. I love it and everything is just amazing however I still cannot be as productive as I used to be and the process is quite slow.

With your ideas, I reckon things would get a lot better.

Thanks again.

By: Pamela

Pamela — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 07:47:54 +0000

This is great. I like really like your ideas, especially the one about stressing another muscles in order to rest the others. In productivity, it’s more like doing tasks with different purposes alternately to avoid stressing our body.

By: Scott Young

Scott Young — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 17:37:07 +0000

Thanks for all the thoughts everyone.

Jeff,

You’re right, squaring away the right habits did prevent a productivity drop. But I also must mention that after heading back home where it is much quieter, my productivity hasn’t skyrocketed. I think the idea that we have different muscles rather than just one form of energy is useful in explaining why this happened.