Comments on: How To Triple Your Week Without Anyone Noticing

By: Jarkko

Jarkko — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 09:18:02 +0000

@Pierre Adama: Salut Adama, félicitations pour ton ordination!

By: PIERRE ADAMA FAYE

PIERRE ADAMA FAYE — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:26:13 +0000

merci de bien vouloir suivre les photos de mon ordination sur mon block

By: Jarkko

Jarkko — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 06:52:00 +0000

That’s a good point, woog!

But actually, by using these extra half-an-hours for work you may well free time from the evening – when it really matters. This way you are not working when you should be with your family.

At least that’s how I like to think about it.

By: woog

woog — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 03:43:05 +0000

There is another term for this. It’s called being a workaholic.

By: Mohamed Bhimji

Mohamed Bhimji — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:27:39 +0000

I love your three tips! I make use of all three, but number two is hard as I drive to work. To get around trying to type while driving, I picked up an inexpensive MP3 player that has record capabilities and also have a PDA where I can record my thoughts. Both are easy to activate when I drive. If I see something while driving, or think of something - I simply record it. At the end of the day, I go back to what I've recorded and turn it into a blog post or project. Mohamed Bhimji's last blog post: Are You A Highly Effective Online Entrepreneur?

By: Jarkko

Jarkko — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:46:54 +0000

@Jussi, @Samuel: Yeah, I agree that in an ideal situation, taking a break from the computer every now and then (a sauna in the middle of the day sounds awesome!) is a productivity booster.

But when running a side business, it’s not always possible, so using my lunch break for answering blog comments or checking e-mail is a way to make it more likely that I’ll have the time to go to sauna in the evening when returning home.

That said, now you gave me one more reason to work hard to reach my goal of working from home… ahh… I just love my sauna. ;)

By: Jussi

Jussi — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 07:46:00 +0000

Samuel has a point here (point three). I have found it helpful to be an idler for a part of the working week. That helps my motivation and also improves my creativity. I also try to take the best out of the fact that I work at home, so I might step into my sauna to relax in the middle of working day and let the mind wonder. I have had some of my best ideas in those session (remember not to take your laptop with you).

BTW everyone should read the books of great Tom Hodgkinson, “How To Be Idle” especially.

By: Samuel

Samuel — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 06:36:31 +0000

I have to agree with you about tip one. I was selling flowers on the local market about two summers and I had to wake up about just 5 AM – it kinda changed my life. It’s not just getting couple more productive hours a day, becouse I’ve noticed that if you wake up earlier, you’ll be sharper for the whole day. Allthough it may seem strange, waking up too late just makes you tired.

So I agreed with your point one, but I have to disagree with point three. I’ve learned that when you’re working with computer for the whole day and especially if you spend time in front of computer also in your spare time, breaks are really, and I mean really important. You have to get proper breaks. Eat lunch, read the newspaper, listen to some music, smoke a cigarette, drink cup of coffee or small beer (only if you’re freelancer ;)… That will triple your productivity, so It’s not big deal to lose 30 minutes.

By: Jarkko

Jarkko — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 05:12:25 +0000

@Sir Jorge: Thanks! I guess we are all trying to be more productive… The next question will probably be when to stop trying so hard.

@Pierre Adama Faye: I’m glad to be in touch with you again as well! I hope that some day we’ll be able to collect the money to visit Senegal – for now, I think it’s still too expensive for us.

@Deron: Ha, I thought you had forgotten about the secrets article already ;) Looking forward to it!

By: Deron Sizemore

Deron Sizemore — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 00:55:04 +0000

I do this without really thinking about actually getting an extra day because of it. I’m obsessive sometimes about working on my side business (web stuff) or hobby or whatever you want to call it. Any free time I have, I’m working. Be it my lunch break at work, or five minutes before I go to work in the morning, I’m working. Hopefully it will pay dividends one day. :)

PS: I’m still writing the secrets article! ;)