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Every productivity thought I've ever had, as concisely as possible

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Re: Every productivity thought I've ever had, as concisely as possible

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Post by rgoulter »

wry_discontent wrote: post #16
freediver wrote: post #12

The simplest productivity hack is finding passion. I never seen a windsurfer procrastinate. If you are truly enjoying your work and can't wait to do it, there is nothing going to stop you.

Unfortunately, that's not an easy thing to do. It's not practical for 90% of people. Being software developers, we're lucky, but even though I love what I do, I often hate doing it for other people.

I liked the suggestion that the important difference between "for fun" and "for work" is reliability. https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/9EyzaH3jzH3PyQtM5/the-costs-...

Re: Every productivity thought I've ever had, as concisely as possible

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Post by birdman3131 »

jedberg wrote: post #57

> If you aren’t working from home, your workplace should be at least a couple of minutes away (better: an hour away) One great hack for this is if you work from home, get up and get dressed, then go out for a walk around the block as your "commute" to work. At the end of your work day, take a walk again in the opposite direction as your commute home. Even though the ploy is totally obvious, it will put your mind in a…

An hour away seems like a waste of 2 hours of your day to a commute.

Re: Every productivity thought I've ever had, as concisely as possible

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Post by stared »

freediver wrote: post #12

The simplest productivity hack is finding passion. I never seen a windsurfer procrastinate. If you are truly enjoying your work and can't wait to do it, there is nothing going to stop you.

The worst productivity advice I am hearing over and over.

I ensure you that there are many passionate writers, graphic designers and... programmers, who procrastinate a lot.

One of a big finding for me was that it is NOT nearly as much if I like something or not[1]. Is about knowing the next step and maintaining focus (especially with keeping the time "now" not "not now"). (However, I speak from ADHD perspective; maybe for non-ADHD people passion is sufficient.)

[1] For a stark comparison: I procrastinate on open-ended side-projects I love (sometimes for years), but when there is some accounting issue I solve it ASAP.

Re: Every productivity thought I've ever had, as concisely as possible

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Post by galfarragem »

toxik wrote: post #10

I would definitely recommend against having an hour’s commute to work. It is a really strong predictor for life dissatisfaction. Fifteen minutes is the number I heard to be a good balance.

> Fifteen minutes is the number I heard to be a good balance

I would rephrase it as: a 15 minutes walk is the sweet spot of commutes.

Re: Every productivity thought I've ever had, as concisely as possible

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Post by Tade0 »

toxik wrote: post #10

I would definitely recommend against having an hour’s commute to work. It is a really strong predictor for life dissatisfaction. Fifteen minutes is the number I heard to be a good balance.

My coworker has a 1.5-2h commute, which I couldn't wrap my head around until I found that he has two children.

This is his "me time".

Re: Every productivity thought I've ever had, as concisely as possible

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Post by viceroyalbean »

birdman3131 wrote: post #92
jedberg wrote: post #57

> If you aren’t working from home, your workplace should be at least a couple of minutes away (better: an hour away) One great hack for this is if you work from home, get up and get dressed, then go out for a walk around the block as your "commute" to work. At the end of your work day, take a walk again in the opposite direction as your commute home. Even though the ploy is totally obvious, it will put your mind in a…

An hour away seems like a waste of 2 hours of your day to a commute.

Could be spent productively, e.g reading, meditating or working on a laptop. That's assuming you take public transportation to work, but audiobooks and podcasts could substitute if you drive/walk/bike

Re: Every productivity thought I've ever had, as concisely as possible

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Post by ryanstorm »

jedberg wrote: post #57

> If you aren’t working from home, your workplace should be at least a couple of minutes away (better: an hour away) One great hack for this is if you work from home, get up and get dressed, then go out for a walk around the block as your "commute" to work. At the end of your work day, take a walk again in the opposite direction as your commute home. Even though the ploy is totally obvious, it will put your mind in a…

Great idea. This also sounds a lot like it falls in with the "ritual" concept from Deep Work by Cal Newport.

Re: Every productivity thought I've ever had, as concisely as possible

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Post by tomlong »

EmbarrassedFuel wrote: post #70
tomlong wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I currently have an hours commute, which I find works quite well for me. It is a little bit unusual though - it is a train journey with no changes, I always get a seat, and I live about a 2 minute walk from the train station, and work about a 2 minute walk from the train station at the other side. The train journey is about 50 minutes. It's a good period of time to slowly engage and disengage - I do the things that m…

Let me guess, Cambridge to KingsX to work at Google?

Northallerton to Leeds, work at undisclosed.
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