Comments on: time bending/spending secrets http://maxkaizen.com/2006/09/22/time-bendingspending-secrets/ Smart is the New Sexy Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:58:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Jasper http://maxkaizen.com/2006/09/22/time-bendingspending-secrets/#comment-72 Jasper Thu, 05 Oct 2006 07:53:04 +0000 http://maxkaizen.com/archives/22#comment-72 Hello Max. Some musician input- while figuring out your productivity shtick, think sustainable! The secret is rhythm. Make it fun, otherwise why do it? Asked how to improvise, my band leader replied "Play: Something high, something low. Something fast, something slow." A piece of music in a musician's mind is a blueprint. But s/he won't know how s/he's going to perform it that day. It's a conjured mindset: getting the rhythm first gives you the feel, and then it just does itself. All the training, practice, good habits etc just take over. Your work day could be the same. Translated into workaday terms, this would be something (short pencil) like you're doing: 1) get a feel for what needs to be done. 2) play around with it - add, discard - make it fun - until it's "yours" 3) gradually you'll see yourself performing it 4) you're ready - just do it! Example of work day performance: Something fast = answering emails Something slow = carefully motivating someone Something high = group brainstorming Something low = routine calls, chores, tea, lunch Workday reggae beat: (behind tune of: "Everything's gonna be alright") think-it, think-it, think-it, get-it-done think-it, think-it, think-it, get-it-done Music shows us how to "always want to do it". Miles Davis said: "It's not what you play that counts. It's what you don't play". Same goes for work. It's not what you do that counts. It's what you don't do. It's a trick! Have a great day-week-month-relativity! Hello Max. Some musician input- while figuring out your productivity shtick, think sustainable! The secret is rhythm. Make it fun, otherwise why do it?
Asked how to improvise, my band leader replied
“Play:
Something high, something low.
Something fast, something slow.”
A piece of music in a musician’s mind is a blueprint. But s/he won’t know how s/he’s going to perform it that day. It’s a conjured mindset: getting the rhythm first gives you the feel, and then it just does itself. All the training, practice, good habits etc just take over. Your work day could be the same. Translated into workaday terms, this would be something (short pencil) like you’re doing:
1) get a feel for what needs to be done.
2) play around with it - add, discard - make it fun - until it’s “yours”
3) gradually you’ll see yourself performing it
4) you’re ready - just do it!
Example of work day performance:
Something fast = answering emails
Something slow = carefully motivating someone
Something high = group brainstorming
Something low = routine calls, chores, tea, lunch
Workday reggae beat: (behind tune of: “Everything’s gonna be alright”)
think-it, think-it, think-it, get-it-done
think-it, think-it, think-it, get-it-done
Music shows us how to “always want to do it”.
Miles Davis said: “It’s not what you play that counts. It’s what you don’t play”.
Same goes for work. It’s not what you do that counts. It’s what you don’t do. It’s a trick!
Have a great day-week-month-relativity!

]]> By: Maximillian Kaizen http://maxkaizen.com/2006/09/22/time-bendingspending-secrets/#comment-66 Maximillian Kaizen Thu, 28 Sep 2006 16:15:22 +0000 http://maxkaizen.com/archives/22#comment-66 Peter.. thank you for the clarity, been working on the principle of a short pencil better than a long memory, and started using the paper sytem and beautiful coloured tabs (like yr illustrations!) instead of carrying a Palm and synching across 2PC's and finding tasks that should go into Outlook or RPM dissolving into digital dreamland. Oldskool sometimes just more predictably peaceful and elegant (if not as sexy) Peter.. thank you for the clarity, been working on the principle of a short pencil better than a long memory, and started using the paper sytem and beautiful coloured tabs (like yr illustrations!) instead of carrying a Palm and synching across 2PC’s and finding tasks that should go into Outlook or RPM dissolving into digital dreamland.

Oldskool sometimes just more predictably peaceful and elegant (if not as sexy)

]]> By: Peter http://maxkaizen.com/2006/09/22/time-bendingspending-secrets/#comment-64 Peter Thu, 28 Sep 2006 10:36:51 +0000 http://maxkaizen.com/archives/22#comment-64 GTD seems to be working for a lot of people (including me, most of the time)- but there are 3 essential things to make it work: keep your inbox(es) clear, do your weekly review, and choose contexts that work for you- there might be a bit of tweaking with contexts in the first couple of weeks. ...Oh, if you're using a paper system, find a pen you like, then buy a box of them (ok, maybe that's just for me- i keep losing mine) GTD seems to be working for a lot of people (including me, most of the time)- but there are 3 essential things to make it work: keep your inbox(es) clear, do your weekly review, and choose contexts that work for you- there might be a bit of tweaking with contexts in the first couple of weeks.

…Oh, if you’re using a paper system, find a pen you like, then buy a box of them (ok, maybe that’s just for me- i keep losing mine)

]]> By: geekdinner 2.0 at maxkaizen.com http://maxkaizen.com/2006/09/22/time-bendingspending-secrets/#comment-61 geekdinner 2.0 at maxkaizen.com Wed, 27 Sep 2006 13:03:46 +0000 http://maxkaizen.com/archives/22#comment-61 [...] Art « time bending/spending secrets [...] [...] Art « time bending/spending secrets [...]

]]> By: Maximillian Kaizen http://maxkaizen.com/2006/09/22/time-bendingspending-secrets/#comment-60 Maximillian Kaizen Mon, 25 Sep 2006 14:43:20 +0000 http://maxkaizen.com/archives/22#comment-60 well this just scares me.. clearly I've been so efficient that I'm replying to comments without even realising it. Either way, I will indeed backup what I appear to have said in support of rafiq (who has to be one of the most mysteriously efficient and prolific bruthas I have ever come across.. so I'm paying attention, especially since I saw the Web AddiCT(s) stats this morning!! holymoses) Well I have done the Getting Things Done tasks and set up my inboxes, tasklists, project folders, post-its for the 30 day experiment. I've been using various project management software (RPM, Basecamp), tasklists on Outlook, everything on my mobile (that has now sadly shimmered out of existence), portable folders, files, diary and 10000's of pieces of papers & prayers of productivity which has only served to accelerate entropy :-( [context past tense] ..am occassionally prone to over-maximise stuff, binary switcher problem. Simplicity and empty-mind are my new best friends. For the next 30days I will prostrate my clutter to the rationing calm of GTD.. wishfully to emerge prolific productive & peacefully passion8.. and yes Rich, looking forward to the delicious promise of a free mind. sounds kif well this just scares me.. clearly I’ve been so efficient that I’m replying to comments without even realising it. Either way, I will indeed backup what I appear to have said in support of rafiq (who has to be one of the most mysteriously efficient and prolific bruthas I have ever come across.. so I’m paying attention, especially since I saw the Web AddiCT(s) stats this morning!! holymoses)

Well I have done the Getting Things Done tasks and set up my inboxes, tasklists, project folders, post-its for the 30 day experiment.
I’ve been using various project management software (RPM, Basecamp), tasklists on Outlook, everything on my mobile (that has now sadly shimmered out of existence), portable folders, files, diary and 10000’s of pieces of papers & prayers of productivity which has only served to accelerate entropy :-( [context past tense] ..am occassionally prone to over-maximise stuff, binary switcher problem.

Simplicity and empty-mind are my new best friends.
For the next 30days I will prostrate my clutter to the rationing calm of GTD.. wishfully to emerge prolific productive & peacefully passion8.. and yes Rich, looking forward to the delicious promise of a free mind.
sounds kif

]]> By: Richard http://maxkaizen.com/2006/09/22/time-bendingspending-secrets/#comment-59 Richard Mon, 25 Sep 2006 08:27:59 +0000 http://maxkaizen.com/archives/22#comment-59 Discipline or rather self discipline is not just a state of mind, it is a way of life. It does not translate into a life of masochism but rather it rewards with freedom. The freedom is a result of having done what needed to be done when it needed to be done and not having to carry it around in the clutter of mental baggage that weighs one down and is ultimately exhausting. It is when that state of exhaustion is reached that the ability to focus is lost and the chaos that is lack of self discipline ensues. Discipline or rather self discipline is not just a state of mind, it is a way of life. It does not translate into a life of masochism but rather it rewards with freedom. The freedom is a result of having done what needed to be done when it needed to be done and not having to carry it around in the clutter of mental baggage that weighs one down and is ultimately exhausting. It is when that state of exhaustion is reached that the ability to focus is lost and the chaos that is lack of self discipline ensues.

]]> By: Max http://maxkaizen.com/2006/09/22/time-bendingspending-secrets/#comment-58 Max Sun, 24 Sep 2006 10:45:15 +0000 http://maxkaizen.com/archives/22#comment-58 Rafiq is spot on... Education teaches us the rules of the game we play. Discipline is the key. Thing is though, that we can't be disciplined until we have rules. Rafiq is spot on… Education teaches us the rules of the game we play.
Discipline is the key. Thing is though, that we can’t be disciplined until we have rules.

]]> By: rafiq http://maxkaizen.com/2006/09/22/time-bendingspending-secrets/#comment-57 rafiq Sat, 23 Sep 2006 06:16:31 +0000 http://maxkaizen.com/archives/22#comment-57 The most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not! The most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not!

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