Comments on: Binge Productivity http://www.productivity501.com/binge-productivity/695/ Pieces of the productivity puzzle. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:44:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mark Shead http://www.productivity501.com/binge-productivity/695/comment-page-1/#comment-28037 Mark Shead Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:33:37 +0000 http://www.productivity501.com/?p=695#comment-28037 There is a college professor whose url escapes me that talks about using procrastination to propel yourself forward. His idea is to use the fact that you are procrastinating on unimportant things to help you work on things that are important. It is an interesting idea, but I'm not sure how well it works. You have a good point though. If I procrastinate on paying my taxes by throwing myself entirely into some other project, I'm probably doing more harm than good. On the other hand, if I can have the flexibility to work on what excites me the most (and is important) on any given day, my productivity will be higher. There is a college professor whose url escapes me that talks about using procrastination to propel yourself forward. His idea is to use the fact that you are procrastinating on unimportant things to help you work on things that are important.

It is an interesting idea, but I’m not sure how well it works. You have a good point though. If I procrastinate on paying my taxes by throwing myself entirely into some other project, I’m probably doing more harm than good. On the other hand, if I can have the flexibility to work on what excites me the most (and is important) on any given day, my productivity will be higher.

]]> By: Stephanie LH Calahan http://www.productivity501.com/binge-productivity/695/comment-page-1/#comment-27899 Stephanie LH Calahan Fri, 11 Apr 2008 05:03:01 +0000 http://www.productivity501.com/?p=695#comment-27899 This type of task allocation works great as long as you are not procrastinating on things that are more important. I use this type of allocation especially when I'm writing and it works great. This type of task allocation works great as long as you are not procrastinating on things that are more important. I use this type of allocation especially when I’m writing and it works great.

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