Comments on: Personal & Workplace Productivity 2007 http://chrisschultz.net/2007/01/09/personal-workplace-productivity-2007/ The Adventures of Chris Schultz Thu, 19 Apr 2012 03:29:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Chris http://chrisschultz.net/2007/01/09/personal-workplace-productivity-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-664 Chris Tue, 16 Jan 2007 17:37:35 +0000 http://chris-schultz-stage.flatsourcing.com/2007/01/09/personal-workplace-productivity-2007/#comment-664 Thanks for the insight guys. We follow a similar routine each morning! A mentor of mine called it "finishing your day before you start it", meaning making sure your day was completely mapped out, with income producing/goal acheiving activities prioritized over the stress relieving activities (like filing, organizing the desk, answering emails, etc). One note on the moleskine - i spent a LOT of time travelling post-Katrina and the more successful entrepreneurs I have met with all seemed to have their "notebook". That made shopping for Christmas gifts for my business associates very easy (they ALL got a Moleskine!). It is a very inexpensive gift but priceless at the same time. Since I spend so much time travelling, that is when i catch up on all of the business magazines. I always find that there are mentions of websites, companies, services, books etc that I want to find out more about, and they go in the moleskine. That way, when i get in front of a computer and have free time, I can go through my moleskine and start going down the list of all of the things i wanted to find out more about. Thanks for the insight guys. We follow a similar routine each morning! A mentor of mine called it “finishing your day before you start it”, meaning making sure your day was completely mapped out, with income producing/goal acheiving activities prioritized over the stress relieving activities (like filing, organizing the desk, answering emails, etc).

One note on the moleskine – i spent a LOT of time travelling post-Katrina and the more successful entrepreneurs I have met with all seemed to have their “notebook”. That made shopping for Christmas gifts for my business associates very easy (they ALL got a Moleskine!). It is a very inexpensive gift but priceless at the same time.

Since I spend so much time travelling, that is when i catch up on all of the business magazines. I always find that there are mentions of websites, companies, services, books etc that I want to find out more about, and they go in the moleskine. That way, when i get in front of a computer and have free time, I can go through my moleskine and start going down the list of all of the things i wanted to find out more about.

]]> By: Oleg Kurnosov http://chrisschultz.net/2007/01/09/personal-workplace-productivity-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-563 Oleg Kurnosov Thu, 11 Jan 2007 17:15:02 +0000 http://chris-schultz-stage.flatsourcing.com/2007/01/09/personal-workplace-productivity-2007/#comment-563 Great post! I especially agree with the points: 1) Daily “to-do sessions” & meetings with team, I would add that it is good to discuss how things were done at the end of the day summarizing it all, which gives people extra motivation to do things during the day. 2) Primary daily goals are due by noon - with all the meetings, urgent tasks, etc. it's for sure good to list it all out or correct in the large A4 notebook (my personal experience), even though quite a few modern technologies around thinking with pen is always more efficient. 3) Spend the first 30 min of each day doing strategic planning - this too is really important, during the evening, breakfast and A4 notebook for drawing arrows and points is always really nice during that time to keep quite a few things better out of the brain and more on paper! P.S. Really amazing how managing things and project is similar according to business experience around the world! Oleg Great post! I especially agree with the points:
1) Daily “to-do sessions” & meetings with team, I would add that it is good to discuss how things were done at the end of the day summarizing it all, which gives people extra motivation to do things during the day.

2) Primary daily goals are due by noon – with all the meetings, urgent tasks, etc. it’s for sure good to list it all out or correct in the large A4 notebook (my personal experience), even though quite a few modern technologies around thinking with pen is always more efficient.

3) Spend the first 30 min of each day doing strategic planning – this too is really important, during the evening, breakfast and A4 notebook for drawing arrows and points is always really nice during that time to keep quite a few things better out of the brain and more on paper!

P.S. Really amazing how managing things and project is similar according to business experience around the world!

Oleg

]]> By: Chris Schultz http://chrisschultz.net/2007/01/09/personal-workplace-productivity-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-551 Chris Schultz Wed, 10 Jan 2007 22:18:16 +0000 http://chris-schultz-stage.flatsourcing.com/2007/01/09/personal-workplace-productivity-2007/#comment-551 Blake, thanks for your comment. That is a great idea, a "day in the life" post. We'll see if we can put that together, I appreciate the idea. As far as the iPhone goes... man, I bought the 8525 six months too early, but maybe Cingular will let me upgrade at that point. It is mighty enticing. :) Blake, thanks for your comment. That is a great idea, a “day in the life” post. We’ll see if we can put that together, I appreciate the idea. As far as the iPhone goes… man, I bought the 8525 six months too early, but maybe Cingular will let me upgrade at that point. It is mighty enticing. :)

]]> By: Blake P. http://chrisschultz.net/2007/01/09/personal-workplace-productivity-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-545 Blake P. Wed, 10 Jan 2007 17:05:09 +0000 http://chris-schultz-stage.flatsourcing.com/2007/01/09/personal-workplace-productivity-2007/#comment-545 I am sure you get tired of post suggestions but I think a good follow-up on this post at some point would be to go through a day of productivity. I am always interested to see how others work to reach their goals. How many hours a day? What are some necessities/quirks/perks that help you complete your schedule? How do you determine benchmarks and how do you measure them? Sidenote.....if you are an existing Cingular customer.....I wonder what you will be buying in June??? :) I am sure you get tired of post suggestions but I think a good follow-up on this post at some point would be to go through a day of productivity. I am always interested to see how others work to reach their goals. How many hours a day? What are some necessities/quirks/perks that help you complete your schedule? How do you determine benchmarks and how do you measure them?

Sidenote…..if you are an existing Cingular customer…..I wonder what you will be buying in June??? :)

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