Comments on: The Personal Productivity Show #007 http://productivity.thepodcastnetwork.com/2005/07/29/the-personal-productivity-show-007/ Ideas for gettings things done. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:44:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Des http://productivity.thepodcastnetwork.com/2005/07/29/the-personal-productivity-show-007/#comment-31 Des Fri, 12 Aug 2005 03:09:13 +0000 http://www.thepodcastnetwork.com/productivity/2005/07/29/the-personal-productivity-show-007/#comment-31 Hi Molly I find that NOT checking email late at night is sometimes harder to do. Sometimes I need to learn to switch off. But I can understand that when you work with US based companies, one of the best things you can do to free your coming day up is to not have a huge inventory of things waiting for you when you get in. So I can appreciate where you are coming from. Best wishes Des Hi Molly

I find that NOT checking email late at night is sometimes harder to do. Sometimes I need to learn to switch off.

But I can understand that when you work with US based companies, one of the best things you can do to free your coming day up is to not have a huge inventory of things waiting for you when you get in.

So I can appreciate where you are coming from.

Best wishes

Des

]]> By: Phillip Molly Malone http://productivity.thepodcastnetwork.com/2005/07/29/the-personal-productivity-show-007/#comment-29 Phillip Molly Malone Thu, 11 Aug 2005 03:27:20 +0000 http://www.thepodcastnetwork.com/productivity/2005/07/29/the-personal-productivity-show-007/#comment-29 Working for a Software Company in their support department in Australia and them having 95% development in the US, I find checking email late at night (midnight or later) is very helpful as if they need clarification on a point that I might have emailed them, checking it late means I might save a day answering their email at night (if that makes sense????). Another point, Did MS really invent Webservices? I did a google search on it, and there was no indication of that (and you think MS would be pushing it very hard if they did). JMTC Molly Working for a Software Company in their support department in Australia and them having 95% development in the US, I find checking email late at night (midnight or later) is very helpful as if they need clarification on a point that I might have emailed them, checking it late means I might save a day answering their email at night (if that makes sense????).

Another point, Did MS really invent Webservices? I did a google search on it, and there was no indication of that (and you think MS would be pushing it very hard if they did).

JMTC
Molly

]]> By: orangeandbrown http://productivity.thepodcastnetwork.com/2005/07/29/the-personal-productivity-show-007/#comment-27 orangeandbrown Fri, 05 Aug 2005 15:34:53 +0000 http://www.thepodcastnetwork.com/productivity/2005/07/29/the-personal-productivity-show-007/#comment-27 My best tip is that I like to try and slot my tasks (when I have flexibility) into the times of day when I am best ready to do them. For example, I need something interesting first thing in the morning to get the juices going. After lunch, I need something that is self-stimulating, like talking on the phne over trying to read something. At the end of the day, I'm looking to close all the loops and wrap things up so I can relax and recreate and sleep on my own time. It often doesn't work that way, but when I can, I find that makes me more productive. My best tip is that I like to try and slot my tasks (when I have flexibility) into the times of day when I am best ready to do them. For example, I need something interesting first thing in the morning to get the juices going. After lunch, I need something that is self-stimulating, like talking on the phne over trying to read something. At the end of the day, I’m looking to close all the loops and wrap things up so I can relax and recreate and sleep on my own time. It often doesn’t work that way, but when I can, I find that makes me more productive.

]]> By: Cameron http://productivity.thepodcastnetwork.com/2005/07/29/the-personal-productivity-show-007/#comment-26 Cameron Thu, 04 Aug 2005 22:41:59 +0000 http://www.thepodcastnetwork.com/productivity/2005/07/29/the-personal-productivity-show-007/#comment-26 thanks "orangeandbrown". Good point! I guess I was thinking about making someone more productive from an employer's point of view, not from the employees'! What is your best productivity tip? thanks “orangeandbrown”. Good point! I guess I was thinking about making someone more productive from an employer’s point of view, not from the employees’! What is your best productivity tip?

]]> By: orangeandbrown http://productivity.thepodcastnetwork.com/2005/07/29/the-personal-productivity-show-007/#comment-25 orangeandbrown Thu, 04 Aug 2005 14:58:25 +0000 http://www.thepodcastnetwork.com/productivity/2005/07/29/the-personal-productivity-show-007/#comment-25 Love the show. Listened to this episode this morning, and just wanted to make a comment. There was a reference made to using technology to get people to check their email at 10:30 at night. I certainly do that. However, isn't productivity really about getting more out of the time we're already putting in, rather than just adding more time on. I want to be more productive so I don't have to work at 10 at night...unless, of course, in a couple of minutes I can do something to prevent being a bottleneck. Just a thought. Great show. Love the show. Listened to this episode this morning, and just wanted to make a comment. There was a reference made to using technology to get people to check their email at 10:30 at night. I certainly do that. However, isn’t productivity really about getting more out of the time we’re already putting in, rather than just adding more time on. I want to be more productive so I don’t have to work at 10 at night…unless, of course, in a couple of minutes I can do something to prevent being a bottleneck.

Just a thought. Great show.

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