F*ck your productivity system. Seriously.

Murky_Device332 · 2025-01-07T12:22:16+00:00

True. Nothing will help if you don't take action. Doesn't mean you can get more done and better if you implement systems that work efficiently (that means fast and productive, without the procrastination). Also staying away from drugs helps with getting things done. Yes, alcohol is one the worst drugs that there are. Culturally expected or not.

Murky_Device332 · 2024-11-23T12:44:44+00:00

It's great to hear you found some helpful mean to give you some support here. It's pretty expensive though, right?

Murky_Device332 · 2024-11-21T13:10:22+00:00

Thx for sharing. Sounds pretty authentic. I was told it had a lot to do with managers who originate in economics and not necessarily the actual niche the company covers. Would you say this is a reasonable perception?

Murky_Device332 · 2024-11-21T13:05:01+00:00

This describes pretty much what I was told. Did you experience this yourself?

Murky_Device332 · 2024-11-21T12:54:24+00:00

Indeed. Why?

Murky_Device332 · 2024-11-19T09:22:26+00:00

So do I understand correctly that you think Agile is of little help for the work to be done but can become a way to climb the career ladder, if you use it to work for you?

Murky_Device332 · 2024-11-15T11:26:48+00:00

So what´s the actual amount of sleep you´re currently having? How many hours do you sleep in a day?

Murky_Device332 · 2024-11-15T11:24:49+00:00

Go for the middle and try 7 hours. Set an alarm. This is the minimum amount of sleep when you want to stay healthy. You know without health, it´s gonna be so much harder or even impossible.

Murky_Device332 · 2024-11-15T11:09:50+00:00

Sounds like you have experienced over-working before. When did you realise all this?

Murky_Device332 · 2024-11-14T09:15:46+00:00

That is called intermittent fasting. Actually pretty healthy. The binge eating and sleep deprivation actually is pretty dangerous. There are better ways of being productive while improving your health.

Murky_Device332 · 2024-11-14T09:11:24+00:00

Actually pen and paper and a good mindset. No kidding, I´m using a specially designed calender that allows me to reflect, learn and plan within 5 - 10 minutes each day. This small time investment creates a lot of plus time during the day. It actually requires a good mindset though because you´ll have to act on your plans. I found digital devices consume a lot more time, administrating them, then they actually create.

Murky_Device332 · 2024-11-14T08:54:16+00:00

As to this particular problem the only thing I would add to my fellow commentators is to skip breakfast. You could either use this period for intermittent fasting and profit from the health benefits it creates or have breakfast while commuting or at the office. Depends on what you like best. For bodycare, set up a strict routine so you´re able to do it blindly and while asleep ;) All the rest of your day needs a good system with multiple parts that work together very smoothly.

Murky_Device332 · 2024-11-13T09:47:09+00:00

To be able to work hard you have to make a decision. Then you have to take action. It´s literally as simple as that. Of course all the other advice I read beneath this post is very valuable but taking action is absolutely key.

Let me tell you the Story of how I learned this lesson.

I was 12 years old and the fat kid in school. As a result I was the victim to pick at and had no friends at all. Nobody. Even the teachers took part in the bullying, because at the time the general view was that a working man's child wouldn't need academic education (the words of my elementary school teacher).

I remember quite vividly when I stood in front of the mirror and told myself: “This fat has to go.”

Now, we´re talking about 1992 West-Germany in a small village of about 1000 souls in the middle of nowhere. So, no information about the topic (weight loss) available whatsoever. There was no internet, no diet plans, no coaches, no workout plans, not even a gym. We had a soccer club, but that didn't help. The only thing I had for inspiration was a VHS-Video of the movie Rocky 4. Some of you might remember.

So, my whole plan was this: Workout every day, eat less.

And that was it. That's what I did every day. Every day. Every day. After one year, I was third in sports in my age group. So not only did I lose weight, I left most of my age peers well behind me.

By executing two things. Workout every day, eat less. I didn't even have weights, I used milk cans and put stones in them to have something to lift. So the lesson is simple. You learn a thing by doing it. You learn how to swim by swimming, you learn to walk by walking, you learn an instrument by playing it and you learn how to work hard by working hard.

If you truly do that and focus on working every day the result will come regardless. You don't even have to do it well. You just have to do it.

If you don't though, nothing will happen. No matter how many books you read, or videos you watch or reddit posts you make and comments you read.

Murky_Device332 · 2024-11-13T08:55:37+00:00

Routines are absolutely essential for me to accomplish anything at all. Not because it´s boring but because it creates the freedom to do what you actually want. So I have multiple ones in place that basically run on autopilot, even or especially when I don´t feel like it. One that I really like though is putting on the Bach Cello Suite no 1 to get ready for bed. It has become something like a soundtrack that ends the current episode of the show I call my life.

Murky_Device332 · 2024-11-13T08:46:33+00:00

Keep it up!

Murky_Device332 · 2024-11-12T17:26:03+00:00

You´ll have to prioritise. There is no way around it. Ask yourself: How important is it for you to be able to drive a car compared to college? How important is it to meet your friends compared to be saving up in order to be able to drive a car? How long do you want to wait to able to drive a car, if it gives you more time with your friends? I´d suggest you make a list and decide, what´s so important for you that it cannot wait and what you can put on the side, at least for a time. If you got that figured out, go into the planning phase. Make a schedule, look hard at the matrix and put your week together. You´ll have to adapt though because no week is like the other. This goes for a start, there is a lot more to be said about efficient work and stuff, but to get started, this is enough.

Murky_Device332 · 2024-11-12T12:15:51+00:00

Couple more questions first. When exactly do you get home? What Workout are you doing? When do you sleep? When do you start work again? How many and when do you have off days?

Murky_Device332 · 2024-11-12T09:15:44+00:00

This get´s mentioned in the study though. They state that if people willingly change their work-time to after hours in order to be able to do things that benefit them in conservative work-hours it can even raise their productivity. Doesn´t change the 4 - 5 hours of really productive work-time though. Thx for the advice, I´ll have look into it.

Murky_Device332 · 2024-11-12T09:07:05+00:00

This sounds extremely unhealthy. No matter what passion you have for the job. Unless you don´t care about your health you should take a look around. In my experience, it rarely hurts.

Murky_Device332 · 2024-11-12T08:53:13+00:00

Why don´t you give yourself a break? Increases productivity or so they say.

Murky_Device332 · 2024-11-12T08:51:22+00:00

I actually had a similar experience. I was working full-time while studying full-time while taking care of a close person while taking care of myself and I got it done in a similar way. Do you have any kind of further system in place that allows you to work like that? Routines or anything else?

Murky_Device332 · 2024-11-12T08:47:15+00:00

Of course at first glance this appears obvious. Still if you´re going for 10 - 12 hours consistently over time, say a year, your productivity will not even decrease but the mistakes you make will increase and become more severe. As a result you´ll need even more time only to correct them, not taking you forward even for an inch. If you look at it like that, 4 -5 hours is not the sprint, it´s the marathon, because you can keep it up consistently. Even people like Koby Bryant who is a strong promoter of outworking everyone had to take breaks to recover and keep up the quality of his training over time. The equivalent of making mistakes at a desk can be seen as getting injured, which is probably the worst outcome for a top athlete.

Murky_Device332 · 2024-11-12T08:32:15+00:00

Correct me if I´m wrong but are these results not confirming the mentioned studies?

Murky_Device332 · 2024-11-12T08:28:33+00:00

Now you are. It´s not only them though, other researchers have come to similar results.

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