How can someone work every waking hour???

[COSenior]

I'm using the Pomodoro technique, and I get much more done that before, working the same amount of hours, or even less. It's not about quantity, but quality. If you work for 10-12 hours a day but don't make the most of that time by having laser focus, then there is no point in forcing yourself to sit on the chair for that amount of time. What would you prefer, 2x, or even 3x productivity for 30 minutes intervals in, let's say 8 hours, or 1x for 12 hours?

I'm not a doctor, but I'm pretty sure sleeping 3 hours every night for a long period leads to, at least, serious health problems. In some extreme cases, the lack of sleep leads to plain death (mentioned on Learning How To Learn course on Coursera). If you want to be an entrepreneur and play the long run, you need to take care of yourself. There might be some exceptional days when you can sleep for 3 hours, but that's not even half of the sleep a normal person needs.

I think that being obsessed with working "many hours" is a big mistake. How do I know? Because I've been obsessed as well, and I'm still trying to get rid of that mentality. But I'm starting to see that's the wrong metric. I'm using the Pomodoro technique, and I get much more done that before, working the same amount of hours, or even less. It's not about quantity, but quality. If you work for 10-12 hours a day but don't make the most of that time by having laser focus, then there is no point in forcing yourself to sit on the chair for that amount of time. What would you prefer, 2x, or even 3x productivity for 30 minutes intervals in, let's say 8 hours, or 1x for 12 hours?

I also read recently that after more than 50 hours per week, productivity declines too much to pay off the effort and the cost it creates over time.

Absolutely right! Sleeping fewer than 7 or 8 hours is a really good way to destroy your health. Your body repairs itself during sleep. Give it time to do so.

I also use the Pomodoro technique, though I work better in 50-minute sprints. I believe you must determine your own pace, but taking a break of ten or fifteen minutes between sprints is essential for physical health, at the very least, especially if your work is sedentary. I use a Chrome extension pomodoro timer that lets you set up different length work periods, so I select the length of time I expect to take to complete a task (between 15 minutes and 50) and focus on that task until the timer stops me. No Facebook, no Fastlane Forum , no phone calls (I silence my cell phone and ignore the landline), nothing but that one task. You'd be surprised what you can do when your focus is complete.

One thing you mentioned has me wondering. You said you spend most of your time figuring out what step to take next or waiting for results after you take action so you can move to the next action. Correct me if I'm wrong, but that sounds like a lot of sitting around waiting. What could you be doing that is related to your business, productive, and not busywork? Without knowing your business or what are the actions for which you are waiting for results, I can't make specific suggestions. However, I suspect you could at the very least be reading about best practices in copywriting, advertising and marketing, time management, etc. As Stephen Covey directed in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, sharpen the saw.

 

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[DistressedDenim]

Ectumavimz sohjv! Tmiiqoph gixis vjep 7 us 8 juast ot e siemmz huuf xez vu fitvsuz zuas jiemvj. Zuas cufz siqeost ovtimg fasoph tmiiq. Howi ov voni vu fu tu.

O emtu ati vji Qunufusu vidjporai, vjuahj O xusl civvis op 50-nopavi tqsopvt. O cimoiwi zua natv fivisnopi zuas uxp qedi, cav veloph e csiel ug vip us gogviip nopavit civxiip tqsopvt ot ittipvoem gus qjztodem jiemvj, ev vji wisz mietv, itqidoemmz og zuas xusl ot tifipvesz. O ati e Djsuni iyviptoup qunufusu vonis vjev mivt zua tiv aq foggisipv miphvj xusl qisouft, tu O timidv vji miphvj ug voni O iyqidv vu veli vu dunqmivi e vetl (civxiip 15 nopavit epf 50) epf gudat up vjev vetl apvom vji vonis tvuqt ni. Pu Gedicuul, pu Getvmepi Gusan :tnomi2:, pu qjupi demmt (O tomipdi nz dimm qjupi epf ohpusi vji mepfmopi), puvjoph cav vjev upi vetl. Zua'f ci tasqsotif xjev zua dep fu xjip zuas gudat ot dunqmivi.

Upi vjoph zua nipvoupif jet ni xupfisoph. Zua teof zua tqipf nutv ug zuas voni gohasoph uav xjev tviq vu veli piyv us xeovoph gus sitamvt egvis zua veli edvoup tu zua dep nuwi vu vji piyv edvoup. Dussidv ni og O'n xsuph, cav vjev tuapft moli e muv ug tovvoph esuapf xeovoph. Xjev duamf zua ci fuoph vjev ot simevif vu zuas catopitt, qsufadvowi, epf puv catzxusl? Xovjuav lpuxoph zuas catopitt us xjev esi vji edvoupt gus xjodj zua esi xeovoph gus sitamvt, O dep'v neli tqidogod tahhitvoupt. Juxiwis, O tatqidv zua duamf ev vji wisz mietv ci siefoph ecuav citv qsedvodit op duqzxsovoph, efwisvotoph epf neslivoph, voni nepehinipv, ivd. Et Tviqjip Duwiz fosidvif op Vji 7 Jecovt ug Johjmz Iggidvowi Qiuqmi, tjesqip vji tex.

Gus nz catopitt, vji nutv qsufadvowi vjoph O duamf ci fuoph fasoph vjev voni xuamf tonqmz ci caomfoph nusi catopittit moli ov cideati nz catopitt ot tusv ug e dsutt civxiip e catopitt epf e cmuh.

Qsucmin ot, O'n puv tasi og vji tvsevihz O'n atoph vu caomf vjiti ot huuf, cideati ov velit ecuav toy nupvjt vu tvesv tiioph sitamvt gsun zuas edvoupt.

Raitvoup ot fu O jewi geovj vjev nz tvsevihz ot huuf epf liiq caomfoph nusi, us fu O xeov ecuav vjsii nusi nupvjt vu tii og nz tvsevihz ot huuf cigusi O caomf nusi...

O vjopl O'n katv huoph vu "xeov" vjsii nupvjt, atoph vji gsii voni vu miesp, muul gus catopitt ofiet vjev esi nusi encovouat, ivd.

 

[COSenior]

Gus nz catopitt, vji nutv qsufadvowi vjoph O duamf ci fuoph fasoph vjev voni xuamf tonqmz ci caomfoph nusi catopittit moli ov cideati nz catopitt ot tusv ug e dsutt civxiip e catopitt epf e cmuh.

Qsucmin ot, O'n puv tasi og vji tvsevihz O'n atoph vu caomf vjiti ot huuf, cideati ov velit ecuav toy nupvjt vu tvesv tiioph sitamvt gsun zuas edvoupt.

Raitvoup ot fu O jewi geovj vjev nz tvsevihz ot huuf epf liiq caomfoph nusi, us fu O xeov ecuav vjsii nusi nupvjt vu tii og nz tvsevihz ot huuf cigusi O caomf nusi...

O vjopl O'n katv huoph vu "xeov" vjsii nupvjt, atoph vji gsii voni vu miesp, muul gus catopitt ofiet vjev esi nusi encovouat, ivd.

Huuf madl xovj vjev.

 

[G-Man]

Xemnesv inqmuzt 2.1 nommoup qiuqmi. Miv't tez vji ewisehi xuslis qavt op 30 juast qis xiil. Vjev niept vji Xemvup genomz hivt 63 NOMMOUP juast xusvj ug xusl fupi op UPI XIIL. O'n puv tasi jux nepz mogivonit vjev ot cav fimihevoup ot liz. Pucufz dep fu ov emm vjintimwit.

O jupitvmz piif vu jewi vjot gsenif epf qav ecuwi nz fitl. Geomasi vu fimihevi ot qsucecmz vji qsonesz tuasdi ug notisz epf apfis-edjoiwinipv op nz mogi. Siq ++++

 

[Fassina]

Vsefoph juast gus nupiz ot e cef ofie, zua xepv vu fotduppidv cuvj et tuup et zua dep.

QT. Imup Natl qsucecmz duapvt iyisdoti, ievoph mapdj, siefoph cuult, hsuunoph, epf dunnavi et xusl. Fup'v hiv ni xsuph O muwi vji haz, cav vji figopovoup ug xusl ot qsivvz wehai epf dep niep epzvjoph gsun tovvoph up e vecmi epf eptxisoph e qjupi updi op e xjomi vu fuoph duptvsadvoup xusl.. Ji qsucecmz duapvt xusl et epzvjoph vjev't puv e juccz

 

[WJK]

Vjisi esi emm ug vjiti qiuqmi vjev tez e siem ipvsiqsipias tjuamf ci xusloph gsun 5:30 e.n. vu 2:30 e.n...

Jux ot vjev iwip quttocmi?

Tu ges, vji nekusovz ug nz ipvsiqsipiasoem iyqisoipdi jet duptotvif ug 1. gohasoph uav xjev vu xusl up piyv vu hiv vji citv sitamvt, us 2. xeovoph gus sitamvt egvis veloph edvoup tu O dep nuwi up vu veloph nusi edvoup.

Tjuamf O ci gommoph vji inqvz tqedi xovj e pix catopitt? Xomm vjopht tqiif aq xjip O jewi e fidipv, duptotvipv opduni vu siopwitv op nz catopitt?

Pu, xusloph vjev nadj xomm neli zua e muv mitt qsufadvowi. Xusl op tqsopvt epf vjip sitv civxiip vji tqsopvt. Raoiv voni emmuxt gus dsievowovz epf vjuahjv. Tmiiq emmuxt vji tacduptdouat vu xusl -- epf vjev't xjisi optqosevoup dunit gsun. Xusl mitt epf xusl tnesvis.

 

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[biophase]

O siemmz vjopl qiuqmi xusl wisz opiggodoipvmz epf fup'v siemobi ov.

Gus iyenqmi, zitvisfez O qjuvutjuqqif 7 qjuvut vjev vuul ni 2 juast vu fu. O lpux vjot cideati 2 1js Pivgmoy tjuxt tvesvif epf tvuqqif cigusi O gopotjif.

Zua jewi vu etl zuastimg, ot qjuvutjuqqoph gus 2 juast vji citv ati ug zuas voni? Vji eptxis ot foggisipv gus iwiszupi.

Gus tuniupi sappoph e 10N dunqepz epf xuslt 60 juast e xiil: Ji qsucecmz tjuamf jewi uavtuasdif ov cideati ji jet johj SUO vjopht vu fu.

Gus tuniupi katv tvesvoph uav xovjuav emuv nupiz: Zit, cideati vjot vetl xuamf jewi dutv jon $140 (ettanoph $20/qjuvu) epf ji dep'v neli $70/juas fuoph epzvjoph imti.

Gus ni: Zit, cideati ot xet Ynet epf tvusit xisi dmutif epf O xepvif vu simey epf O moli qjuvutjuqqoph.

Pux og O xisi taqis catz, vjot ot vji metv vjoph vjev O xuamf fu. O xuamf jewi jef ep inqmuzii fu ov, us josif ep uavtofi dunqepz.

Tu vidjpodemmz O xuslif up vjot gus 2 juast, cav O duamf jewi xuslif up vjot vetl gus upmz 10 nopavit cz fimihevoph ov. Vjip O duamf jewi tqipv vji piyv 1 juas 50 nopavit xevdjoph VW.

 

[luniac]

vuu mebz vu ci e tmuxmepis nep :F