Comments on: Top 10 Productivity Hacks – #6 http://zenhabits.net/2007/02/top-10-productivity-hacks-6/ Simple Productivity Sun, 07 Mar 2010 05:06:07 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Miracle http://zenhabits.net/2007/02/top-10-productivity-hacks-6/#comment-36114 Miracle Mon, 19 May 2008 20:29:06 +0000 http://zenhabits.net/2007/02/23/top-10-productivity-hacks-6/#comment-36114 Leaving work early employ's Parkinsons' theory. I read about this study in time management that resulted in a theory. "Work EXPANDS to FILL the time allotted to it." The more time you have to do a thing, the more time it takes you to do it. The reasons included redoing it to "perfection," doing more than is necessary, researching it to death, procrastinating in all its forms etc. Of course, the converse of this is that work SHRINKS to FIT the time allotted to it. And this is why shortening your work day works so well. Leaving work early employ’s Parkinsons’ theory. I read about this study in time management that resulted in a theory. “Work EXPANDS to FILL the time allotted to it.” The more time you have to do a thing, the more time it takes you to do it. The reasons included redoing it to “perfection,” doing more than is necessary, researching it to death, procrastinating in all its forms etc. Of course, the converse of this is that work SHRINKS to FIT the time allotted to it. And this is why shortening your work day works so well.

]]> By: Leo http://zenhabits.net/2007/02/top-10-productivity-hacks-6/#comment-405 Leo Sat, 24 Feb 2007 19:51:00 +0000 http://zenhabits.net/2007/02/23/top-10-productivity-hacks-6/#comment-405 Hi Shannon ... thanks for the great input. Is there any way you could speak to your supervisor, or the person above your supervisor, about your hours? I've found that if I make a good sales pitch, and show them how my proposal will help the company, sometimes things that didn't seem flexible before are actually changeable.<BR/><BR/>Suggest working from home for 2-3 hours a day. With good enough reasons, maybe it'll work! Hi Shannon … thanks for the great input. Is there any way you could speak to your supervisor, or the person above your supervisor, about your hours? I’ve found that if I make a good sales pitch, and show them how my proposal will help the company, sometimes things that didn’t seem flexible before are actually changeable.

Suggest working from home for 2-3 hours a day. With good enough reasons, maybe it’ll work!

]]> By: Shannon http://zenhabits.net/2007/02/top-10-productivity-hacks-6/#comment-406 Shannon Sat, 24 Feb 2007 15:41:00 +0000 http://zenhabits.net/2007/02/23/top-10-productivity-hacks-6/#comment-406 I love this tip. I have found that I am really only truly productive at work for about 4-6 hours anyway. The rest of the time I spend doing "research" -- mostly reading blogs, which does contribute to my ideas for work. But I think if I turn this into a schedule, as you suggest, it will work even better for me. Unfortunately, I have to fill out a time card, so I have to get 8 hours on there somehow, but it seems so arbitrary to decide that 40 hours/week is the optimum time to work. If you can be productive in less time and get results, then why not? I love this tip. I have found that I am really only truly productive at work for about 4-6 hours anyway. The rest of the time I spend doing “research” — mostly reading blogs, which does contribute to my ideas for work. But I think if I turn this into a schedule, as you suggest, it will work even better for me. Unfortunately, I have to fill out a time card, so I have to get 8 hours on there somehow, but it seems so arbitrary to decide that 40 hours/week is the optimum time to work. If you can be productive in less time and get results, then why not?

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