Comments on: How Long Does Productivity Last? http://www.jwphill3.com/productivity/how-long-does-productivity-last/ Sat, 01 May 2010 15:52:01 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: J Phill http://www.jwphill3.com/productivity/how-long-does-productivity-last/comment-page-1/#comment-3835 J Phill Sun, 26 Aug 2007 14:09:19 +0000 http://www.jwphill3.com/2007/08/23/how-long-does-productivity-last/#comment-3835 That's interesting that you are more creative earlier in the week, Steve. I never thought of it that way. Personally, I don't think the time of the week matters for me. I assume that is because I work on the weekends sometimes, so there's not differentiation between, say, a Wednesday and a Saturday. In other words, I don't get lazy towards the end of the week from the thought of doing nothing all weekend. That’s interesting that you are more creative earlier in the week, Steve. I never thought of it that way. Personally, I don’t think the time of the week matters for me. I assume that is because I work on the weekends sometimes, so there’s not differentiation between, say, a Wednesday and a Saturday. In other words, I don’t get lazy towards the end of the week from the thought of doing nothing all weekend.

]]> By: Steve Tucker http://www.jwphill3.com/productivity/how-long-does-productivity-last/comment-page-1/#comment-3833 Steve Tucker Sun, 26 Aug 2007 11:27:25 +0000 http://www.jwphill3.com/2007/08/23/how-long-does-productivity-last/#comment-3833 Productively it's more the time of the day, but regarding creativity I find it's less the time of the day and more the time of the week. I'm usually more productive earlier on in the day, from around 10am till around 4ish. Creatively however I'm normally better early on in the week, Monday to Thursday, rather than a Friday when I'm just winding down. I separate the two here because I see a difference; on Friday I may not be in much of a mood to design, but I'm still good for doing more mundane tasks like bookkeeping and quotations. Whereas late in the day I'm not really in the mood to do much at all, other than chug along and finish the day. Hope this makes sense! :) Productively it’s more the time of the day, but regarding creativity I find it’s less the time of the day and more the time of the week.

I’m usually more productive earlier on in the day, from around 10am till around 4ish. Creatively however I’m normally better early on in the week, Monday to Thursday, rather than a Friday when I’m just winding down. I separate the two here because I see a difference; on Friday I may not be in much of a mood to design, but I’m still good for doing more mundane tasks like bookkeeping and quotations. Whereas late in the day I’m not really in the mood to do much at all, other than chug along and finish the day. Hope this makes sense! :)

]]> By: Jim http://www.jwphill3.com/productivity/how-long-does-productivity-last/comment-page-1/#comment-3769 Jim Fri, 24 Aug 2007 01:13:36 +0000 http://www.jwphill3.com/2007/08/23/how-long-does-productivity-last/#comment-3769 Yeah, I agree. Productivity is achieved in bursts. I know 4 hour work days are not realistic in a lot of corporate settings, but it does bear thinking about. I fear a lot of managers/directors probably dismiss this theory no matter what science/research is behind it, and thus 2/3 hrs a day on average are probably spent working at only half pace or less. Multi-tasking is another sticky point - on the face of it being a great multi-tasker is socially revered and managers love it - but in reality the human mind is not built to perform all those tasks equally well. You're much more likely to produce a quality result from focusing on one task until it's complete than constantly shifting attention from one thing to another. Yeah, I agree. Productivity is achieved in bursts. I know 4 hour work days are not realistic in a lot of corporate settings, but it does bear thinking about. I fear a lot of managers/directors probably dismiss this theory no matter what science/research is behind it, and thus 2/3 hrs a day on average are probably spent working at only half pace or less. Multi-tasking is another sticky point – on the face of it being a great multi-tasker is socially revered and managers love it – but in reality the human mind is not built to perform all those tasks equally well. You’re much more likely to produce a quality result from focusing on one task until it’s complete than constantly shifting attention from one thing to another.

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