Motivation vs Procrastination
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Ronja von Rönnezeit.deProjects that don't have deadlines imposed on them, even if they are self-imposed, will take a lot longer than they need to, and may suffer from feature creep and scope bloat.
By setting challenging deadlines you will actually get better results. It's all about manipulating the Iron Triangle of scope, resources, and time.
James Stanier • Parkinson's Law: It's Real, So Use It
Just set one day’s work in front of the last day’s work. That’s the way it comes out. And that’s the only way it does.
— John Steinbeck
The fourth one is that procrastinators tell themselves that succeeding at a task requires that they feel like doing it; and, fifth, is entertaining the false idea that working when not in the mood is somehow suboptimal—that it’s best to wait till the lightning of inspiration strikes before motivating ourselves to stop procrastinating.
Sharon Salzberg • Real Happiness at Work
Try writing about why the work is important, or spend some time reflecting on times in the past where you’ve felt most connected to it.
Dan Shipper • Why You're Not Doing Creative Work
The Ju/’hoansi, for example, were often content to spontaneously take a day off from foraging simply because they didn’t feel like it. Even if they were hungry, they knew that putting off the food quest for a day would not have any serious ramifications. For farmers, by contrast, taking a day off just because they need a rest is rarely an option.
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Reframe non-productive time. One of the reasons the exploration phase of the work is low value is that most of it doesn’t look like work. It’s lots of reading, and sitting and thinking, and doodling, and trying things that lead to dead ends. Non-productive time feels like a waste—but it doesn’t have to! One way to think about this kind of time is
... See moreDan Shipper • Why You're Not Doing Creative Work
Non-productive is often framed wrongly so
Putting challenging timeboxes on projects in a healthy environment can lead to serious innovation and creativity. Doing the same with impossible timeboxes in a toxic environment will lead to all of the bad things that you expect.
James Stanier • Parkinson's Law: It's Real, So Use It
Adding time pressure in a healthy helps getting shit down.
Manchmal frage ich mich, ob ich ohne diese Prokrastinationsspiralen produktiver wäre. Erfolgreicher. Ausgeglichener. Oder ob gerade dieses Hadern, dieses ewige Ringen mit mir selbst, nicht auch eine Form von Qualitätskontrolle ist. Ob nicht gerade die Deadline – dieser Sonnenuntergang der Arbeitswelt – eine Art kreatives Momentum erzeugt, das
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