Explosive productivity
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Explosive productivity
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#2I think the best thing to do is to realize that you are in a recovery-needed stage and then go and recover! Embrace it without guilt. Doing nothing (or something recreational of course), for a time, might be the best way to get more stuff done.
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#3The article raises some interesting question, but doesn't tell me anything I didn't know about my, uh, "condition". It'd be good to have an "explosive productivity" veteran talk about how you adapt yourself and the world around you to this kind of working pattern, to make the most of it.
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#4The article raises some interesting question, but doesn't tell me anything I didn't know about my, uh, "condition". It'd be good to have an "explosive productivity" veteran talk about how you adapt yourself and the world around you to this kind of working pattern, to make the most of it.
I think the only thing that is needed is understanding boss/company/co-workers etc, who understand the way that you work.
Working like this seems natural to me, big explosive bouts of high productivity, churning out cool stuff, and then days of nothing. I think part of it is that the days of 'nothing' seem like nothing, when in reality they are often 'thinking' days, where you solve problems, but just don't happen to produce code.
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#5This is my typical work flow and I am currently in a lull. I haven't figured out exactly how to get out of a lull except to wait it out and work on whatever hold my interest for the longest.
If I sit in front of my computer and after 15 minutes I can't get anything done on the project that I am wanting to work on, I know I never will. Forcing it will never make anything happen.
I often work alone, so I wonder if having someone else around to help motivate me would help. Talking about the project without any pressure to produce until my creativity start moving again.
For me, I can have entire months where all I do is the bare minimum to keep life moving and then one week I manage to do what it would take most other people an entire month to accomplish. I know that this is part of my cycle and I've learned to life with it and let if flow however it does ...
But days like today I sure wish I could make things move on their own ...
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#6The article raises some interesting question, but doesn't tell me anything I didn't know about my, uh, "condition". It'd be good to have an "explosive productivity" veteran talk about how you adapt yourself and the world around you to this kind of working pattern, to make the most of it.
I've found that switching focus helps keep prolonged unproductive periods to a minimum.
For example, I try to keep a couple of projects going on at the same time - I generally have a major release in development for our team's primary product at all times. This is my "main work".
I also have one or two smaller projects at some stage of design or development as well - perhaps a prototype to try show the business owners a cool new idea or some type of development or administration tool which would help support the primary project. Usually, I try to learn a new technology or language while solving a problem related to our business.
When I find myself become unproductive on my main work, I switch focus temporarily to one of the smaller projects. These projects tend to be personal (although work-related) and don't have fixed delivery dates. Without the pressure of a strict schedule or external expectations, I can more easily work on these projects and rediscover my ambition.
It usually doesn't take more than a day or so to get my motivation back and I return to working on my main project with my usual productivity.
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#7Eben Moglen said something similar in relation to the Google Summer of Code:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7477852615698435519...
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#8The article raises some interesting question, but doesn't tell me anything I didn't know about my, uh, "condition". It'd be good to have an "explosive productivity" veteran talk about how you adapt yourself and the world around you to this kind of working pattern, to make the most of it.
I think the only thing that is needed is understanding boss/company/co-workers etc, who understand the way that you work. Working like this seems natural to me, big explosive bouts of high productivity, churning out cool stuff, and then days of nothing. I think part of it is that the days of 'nothing' seem like nothing, when in reality they are often 'thinking' days, where you solve problems, but just don't happen to…
luckily i have an understanding boss here at younoodle ;)
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#9I think this is a byproduct of the "always-on" startup culture. Everyone spends all their time cutting, and none of their time measuring; and they burn out as a result.
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#10I think the best thing to do is to realize that you are in a recovery-needed stage and then go and recover! Embrace it without guilt. Doing nothing (or something recreational of course), for a time, might be the best way to get more stuff done.
the thing is others start expect too much from you. =(