Always a starter, never a finisher.
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#2A cofounder helps with that, because they can call you out on it, and the embarrassment is sometimes enough motivation to finish a project.
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#3What are you working on? What is your road-block?
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#4Interesting comment, "start your day as a producer". I've seen this around before, but I'm not sure what it means.
How would it work? Would you wake up, and have _one_ hour to produce something? Would it be related to your project? Writing a blog post about your project? Or is that beating around the bush, and actually not producing anything worthwhile?
Does the thing that you produce, have to mean anything? Or does it only have to mean something to you?
I only ask, because I'm exactly like this guy, and I only want to better myself.
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#5Interesting comment, "start your day as a producer". I've seen this around before, but I'm not sure what it means. How would it work? Would you wake up, and have _one_ hour to produce something? Would it be related to your project? Writing a blog post about your project? Or is that beating around the bush, and actually not producing anything worthwhile? Does the thing that you produce, have to mean anything? Or does…
It doesn't really matter what you start producing, it's that it (hopefully) sets the tone for the rest of the day. If you can do something that relates to your project, that's even better.
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#6Interesting comment, "start your day as a producer". I've seen this around before, but I'm not sure what it means. How would it work? Would you wake up, and have _one_ hour to produce something? Would it be related to your project? Writing a blog post about your project? Or is that beating around the bush, and actually not producing anything worthwhile? Does the thing that you produce, have to mean anything? Or does…
I find I have two modes. Producer or consumer.
Producer mode is tougher to get into, breaking the ice with an easy task in the morning is quite useful.
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#7Interesting comment, "start your day as a producer". I've seen this around before, but I'm not sure what it means. How would it work? Would you wake up, and have _one_ hour to produce something? Would it be related to your project? Writing a blog post about your project? Or is that beating around the bush, and actually not producing anything worthwhile? Does the thing that you produce, have to mean anything? Or does…
From the reddit thread where I first came across this:
"Start every day as a producer, not a consumer" - http://www.reddit.com/r/Fitness/comments/pbjk1/what_are_the_...
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#8Just like eating bad food and watching TV, being productive is a habit. Get in the habit and you'll find yourself up early on weekends working on your projects.
The way to feed the habit is with success. To experience successes, I have found:
- first minimize your goals. The less to do, the faster to succeed. The fastest way to finish a feature is by removing it from the plan.
- work on one project, maximum two. Any more and you will always jump from a project when it gets hard or to the "not fun part".
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#9Interesting comment, "start your day as a producer". I've seen this around before, but I'm not sure what it means. How would it work? Would you wake up, and have _one_ hour to produce something? Would it be related to your project? Writing a blog post about your project? Or is that beating around the bush, and actually not producing anything worthwhile? Does the thing that you produce, have to mean anything? Or does…
The first things you do in the morning seem to 'set the tone' for the rest of the day. E. g., have you ever noticed how the first song you listen to often sticks with you for hours?
So instead of firing up HN or Reddit right after you woke up, start your day with something that requires your output - this doesn't have to be an essay, but could be as quick as:
- writing that uncomfortable email that's been lingering on your todo list - begin to write your next blog post - not a coder myself, but I would assume that this all applies to writing code / fixing/finding bugs, too.
On a related note, the last thing you do before you sleep can also have a very positive effect on your next day's productivity. I find that going to through / defining the top 3 goals for the day after helps me structure my work and be more motivated to pick up directly on those todos right after I get up.
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#10I wish G+ had more descriptive links, like
http://plus.google.com/Daniel_Meade/Always_a_starter_never_a...