Comments on: It Isn’t How Much You Do http://www.productivity501.com/it-isnt-how-much-your-do/156/ Pieces of the productivity puzzle. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:53:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kian Ann http://www.productivity501.com/it-isnt-how-much-your-do/156/comment-page-1/#comment-120223 Kian Ann Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:02:12 +0000 http://x.xeric.net/productivity501/?p=156#comment-120223 True.. very true. and think I'd addicted to being busy, so much so when I have "nothing to do", I feel guilty at times eh? True.. very true. and think I’d addicted to being busy, so much so when I have “nothing to do”, I feel guilty at times eh?

]]> By: Mark http://www.productivity501.com/it-isnt-how-much-your-do/156/comment-page-1/#comment-312 Mark Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:01:09 +0000 http://x.xeric.net/productivity501/?p=156#comment-312 @Corey - I think we are some how trained to try to be busy. In an office setting, if someone comes in late, works for two hours and then leaves it will be frowned upon. I hope that the advance in technology is going to let us start paying people more for their performance and less for their time. My hope is that it will start making people shift from doing random stuff to doing the things that actually add value. I read about a man who came from Africa to go to school in the US. His landlady wanted to hire him to dig some ditches. She tried to work out an hourly rate with him, but he refused because the idea of being paid for his time seemed absurd. He could go slow and make more money, he reasoned. Eventually they settled on a fixed price per ditch and he was happy. @Corey – I think we are some how trained to try to be busy. In an office setting, if someone comes in late, works for two hours and then leaves it will be frowned upon. I hope that the advance in technology is going to let us start paying people more for their performance and less for their time. My hope is that it will start making people shift from doing random stuff to doing the things that actually add value.

I read about a man who came from Africa to go to school in the US. His landlady wanted to hire him to dig some ditches. She tried to work out an hourly rate with him, but he refused because the idea of being paid for his time seemed absurd. He could go slow and make more money, he reasoned. Eventually they settled on a fixed price per ditch and he was happy.

]]> By: Corey http://www.productivity501.com/it-isnt-how-much-your-do/156/comment-page-1/#comment-311 Corey Tue, 17 Apr 2007 12:40:26 +0000 http://x.xeric.net/productivity501/?p=156#comment-311 I'm always trying to find the balance in this aspect of life. It drives me crazy to hear my friends complaining that they're so busy or so stressed. They seem like the least productive, I've always thought that they just liked the drama, but I think you got it right when you say it makes people feel important. I’m always trying to find the balance in this aspect of life. It drives me crazy to hear my friends complaining that they’re so busy or so stressed. They seem like the least productive, I’ve always thought that they just liked the drama, but I think you got it right when you say it makes people feel important.

]]> By: Michael's Thoughts http://www.productivity501.com/it-isnt-how-much-your-do/156/comment-page-1/#comment-313 Michael's Thoughts Tue, 17 Apr 2007 08:35:02 +0000 http://x.xeric.net/productivity501/?p=156#comment-313 <strong>Daily Report, Apr 17</strong> Mobility PocketMac Update ... PocketMac released Version 4.0.2 of PocketMac, the free synchronization software for linking Mac's and BlackBerries. New features: upgraded support for the 8100 and 8800 devices, upgraded syncing support for various deskto... Daily Report, Apr 17

Mobility PocketMac Update … PocketMac released Version 4.0.2 of PocketMac, the free synchronization software for linking Mac’s and BlackBerries. New features: upgraded support for the 8100 and 8800 devices, upgraded syncing support for various deskto…

]]> By: Nealreal http://www.productivity501.com/it-isnt-how-much-your-do/156/comment-page-1/#comment-310 Nealreal Mon, 16 Apr 2007 15:54:25 +0000 http://x.xeric.net/productivity501/?p=156#comment-310 Amen. :) Amen. :)

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