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Why ev decided to stop exercising in the morning

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Re: Why ev decided to stop exercising in the morning

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Post by tonystubblebine »

Ev has a lot of good productivity tricks. I think this is one of his favorite topics, plus he's had a long career with important things to work paired with tons of people trying to get his time.

I tried to get him to give his philosophy on saying no. He's apparently very good and systematic about it. But somehow he still manages to know when to say yes.

Re: Why ev decided to stop exercising in the morning

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Post by state »

I completely agree with this (although I did happen to exercise early this morning). Nothing is better for a long day of coding than a good ride, climb or surf in the middle. Lunch can really slow me down, and taking time to get exercise is a great remedy.

Re: Why ev decided to stop exercising in the morning

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Post by bluedino »

I was doing this for a while. I used to go after work, then started going at lunch.

But the place I go doesn't have a shower, so even after I dry of with a towel and take a hobo shower with some baby wipes, I'm still kind of icky when I get back to work. I don't really like being even a little bit stinky out of respect for my co-workers.

It also causes me to take another 20 minutes for lunch or eat at my desk, and in the summer it takes me a good 20 minutes for my body temperature to come back to normal.

It works but as always there are compromises to be made.

Re: Why ev decided to stop exercising in the morning

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Post by bitwize »

Ah yes, welcome back to The Highly Effective Work Habits of People Flush with Silicon Valley Cash.

How does this help the rest of us who have to be in the office during core hours, no more than an hour for lunch, or else look for a new way to feed our families? In a down job market?

Re: Why ev decided to stop exercising in the morning

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Post by rollo_tommasi »

This is a smart idea, but it made me think: I'd like to see some productivity/exercise/lifehacks for those of us who are stuck with inflexible managers or retrograde office cultures. I know I'd be vastly more productive if I could knock off around 2:00pm for a thirty-minute nap (or jog, depending) every day but unfortunately my company takes an Office Space-style approach to personnel management. It'd be great to see what people who have worked years in similar environments have been able to come up with.

Re: Why ev decided to stop exercising in the morning

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Post by chollida1 »

bitwize wrote: post #6

Ah yes, welcome back to The Highly Effective Work Habits of People Flush with Silicon Valley Cash. How does this help the rest of us who have to be in the office during core hours, no more than an hour for lunch, or else look for a new way to feed our families? In a down job market?

> Ah yes, welcome back to The Highly Effective Work Habits of People Flush with Silicon Valley Cash.

I think this is very unfair and a bit childish. Many programmers have flexible work hours they can use. You don't need to be in Silicon valley or have a pile of cash to work in a flexible work environment.

> How does this help the rest of us who have to be in the office during core hours, no more than an hour for lunch

Well in this case it doesn't. However, it doesn't mean the advice isn't good advice for people who can use flexible hours.

I used to work out at 2pm each day at work. My work had no problem with it.

My current job means I can't leave my seat during trading hours( 9:30 until 4) so I now work out at 4.

However, the old saying that everyone has the same number of hours in a day to use, its up to you to choose how to use them.

Like tptacek said about pricing earlier today:

> The most common pricing fallacy on HN (perhaps after cost-plus pricing) is the idea that every product must be targeted at all people to make sense.

You can generalize this to advice as well. Advice doesn't have to be targeted to all people to make sense. If you can't or won't take the advice then its just not for you.

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