Comments on: Thinking inside the box: A method for focusing on freelance tasks http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/lifestyle-and-timeout/thinking-inside-the-box-a-method-for-focusing-on-freelance-tasks/ News, Help and Advice for UK Freelancers, Contractors and the Self-Employed Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:52:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Malin Kilander http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/lifestyle-and-timeout/thinking-inside-the-box-a-method-for-focusing-on-freelance-tasks/comment-page-1/#comment-531 Malin Kilander Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:13:44 +0000 http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/2008/10/20/thinking-inside-the-box-a-method-for-focusing-on-freelance-tasks/#comment-531 <p>Sounds like something I should have been doing during my degree! Better late than never though :) Will give this a go as I often tend to get either side-tracked or completely stuck...</p> Sounds like something I should have been doing during my degree! Better late than never though :) Will give this a go as I often tend to get either side-tracked or completely stuck…

]]> By: Malin Kilander http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/lifestyle-and-timeout/thinking-inside-the-box-a-method-for-focusing-on-freelance-tasks/comment-page-1/#comment-4264 Malin Kilander Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:13:00 +0000 http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/2008/10/20/thinking-inside-the-box-a-method-for-focusing-on-freelance-tasks/#comment-4264 <p>Sounds like something I should have been doing during my degree! Better late than never though :) Will give this a go as I often tend to get either side-tracked or completely stuck...</p> Sounds like something I should have been doing during my degree! Better late than never though :) Will give this a go as I often tend to get either side-tracked or completely stuck…

]]> By: Alex Kitchin http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/lifestyle-and-timeout/thinking-inside-the-box-a-method-for-focusing-on-freelance-tasks/comment-page-1/#comment-507 Alex Kitchin Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:51:26 +0000 http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/2008/10/20/thinking-inside-the-box-a-method-for-focusing-on-freelance-tasks/#comment-507 <p>time boxing sounds exactly what i need to do. when it comes to organizing my own time I'm useless</p> time boxing sounds exactly what i need to do. when it comes to organizing my own time I’m useless

]]> By: Alex Kitchin http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/lifestyle-and-timeout/thinking-inside-the-box-a-method-for-focusing-on-freelance-tasks/comment-page-1/#comment-4263 Alex Kitchin Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:51:00 +0000 http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/2008/10/20/thinking-inside-the-box-a-method-for-focusing-on-freelance-tasks/#comment-4263 <p>time boxing sounds exactly what i need to do. when it comes to organizing my own time I'm useless</p> time boxing sounds exactly what i need to do. when it comes to organizing my own time I’m useless

]]> By: Darren Fell http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/lifestyle-and-timeout/thinking-inside-the-box-a-method-for-focusing-on-freelance-tasks/comment-page-1/#comment-461 Darren Fell Sat, 25 Oct 2008 12:54:15 +0000 http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/2008/10/20/thinking-inside-the-box-a-method-for-focusing-on-freelance-tasks/#comment-461 <p>Superb and simple. I continually over-run on tasks and feel like I haves achieved enough by the end of the day. Starting this on Monday!</p> Superb and simple. I continually over-run on tasks and feel like I haves achieved enough by the end of the day. Starting this on Monday!

]]> By: Darren Fell http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/lifestyle-and-timeout/thinking-inside-the-box-a-method-for-focusing-on-freelance-tasks/comment-page-1/#comment-4262 Darren Fell Sat, 25 Oct 2008 12:54:00 +0000 http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/2008/10/20/thinking-inside-the-box-a-method-for-focusing-on-freelance-tasks/#comment-4262 <p>Superb and simple. I continually over-run on tasks and feel like I haves achieved enough by the end of the day. Starting this on Monday!</p> Superb and simple. I continually over-run on tasks and feel like I haves achieved enough by the end of the day. Starting this on Monday!

]]> By: Kevin Bennett http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/lifestyle-and-timeout/thinking-inside-the-box-a-method-for-focusing-on-freelance-tasks/comment-page-1/#comment-434 Kevin Bennett Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:40:10 +0000 http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/2008/10/20/thinking-inside-the-box-a-method-for-focusing-on-freelance-tasks/#comment-434 <p>This sounds like a greta idea, just what I need in fact! My organisational skills and prioritising skills are teh suck.</p> <p>Will check out the Procrastination Hack also.</p> This sounds like a greta idea, just what I need in fact! My organisational skills and prioritising skills are teh suck.

Will check out the Procrastination Hack also.

]]> By: Kevin Bennett http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/lifestyle-and-timeout/thinking-inside-the-box-a-method-for-focusing-on-freelance-tasks/comment-page-1/#comment-4261 Kevin Bennett Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:40:00 +0000 http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/2008/10/20/thinking-inside-the-box-a-method-for-focusing-on-freelance-tasks/#comment-4261 <p>This sounds like a greta idea, just what I need in fact! My organisational skills and prioritising skills are teh suck.</p> <p>Will check out the Procrastination Hack also.</p> This sounds like a greta idea, just what I need in fact! My organisational skills and prioritising skills are teh suck.

Will check out the Procrastination Hack also.

]]> By: Michael Rose http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/lifestyle-and-timeout/thinking-inside-the-box-a-method-for-focusing-on-freelance-tasks/comment-page-1/#comment-432 Michael Rose Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:22:10 +0000 http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/2008/10/20/thinking-inside-the-box-a-method-for-focusing-on-freelance-tasks/#comment-432 <p>I'm giving it a go all week... be good to get your feedback Andy. The way I'm reading it it would work really well with Merlin Mann's <a href="http://www.43folders.com/2005/10/11/procrastination-hack-1025" rel="nofollow">"Procrastination Hack"</a> and the Scrum methodology - I went to <a href="http://www.tomhume.org/2008/10/a-year-of-scrum.html" rel="nofollow">Tom Hume's talk last week</a> and it seems a perfect fit.</p> I’m giving it a go all week… be good to get your feedback Andy. The way I’m reading it it would work really well with Merlin Mann’s “Procrastination Hack” and the Scrum methodology – I went to Tom Hume’s talk last week and it seems a perfect fit.

]]> By: Michael Rose http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/lifestyle-and-timeout/thinking-inside-the-box-a-method-for-focusing-on-freelance-tasks/comment-page-1/#comment-4260 Michael Rose Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:22:00 +0000 http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/2008/10/20/thinking-inside-the-box-a-method-for-focusing-on-freelance-tasks/#comment-4260 <p>I'm giving it a go all week... be good to get your feedback Andy. The way I'm reading it it would work really well with Merlin Mann's <a href="http://www.43folders.com/2005/10/11/procrastination-hack-1025" rel="nofollow">"Procrastination Hack"</a> and the Scrum methodology - I went to <a href="http://www.tomhume.org/2008/10/a-year-of-scrum.html" rel="nofollow">Tom Hume's talk last week</a> and it seems a perfect fit.</p> I’m giving it a go all week… be good to get your feedback Andy. The way I’m reading it it would work really well with Merlin Mann’s “Procrastination Hack” and the Scrum methodology – I went to Tom Hume’s talk last week and it seems a perfect fit.

]]> By: Andy White http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/lifestyle-and-timeout/thinking-inside-the-box-a-method-for-focusing-on-freelance-tasks/comment-page-1/#comment-431 Andy White Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:22:09 +0000 http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/2008/10/20/thinking-inside-the-box-a-method-for-focusing-on-freelance-tasks/#comment-431 <p>This reminds me a technique I was shown a while ago - the "time-bursts" technique. This is where you spend 5 minutes on each ToDo, then 10 minutes on any ToDos left over, then 15 minutes and so on. The ideas is that humans work much more efficiently on a task if there is a time limit. I'll give this a go!</p> This reminds me a technique I was shown a while ago – the “time-bursts” technique. This is where you spend 5 minutes on each ToDo, then 10 minutes on any ToDos left over, then 15 minutes and so on. The ideas is that humans work much more efficiently on a task if there is a time limit. I’ll give this a go!

]]> By: Andy White http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/lifestyle-and-timeout/thinking-inside-the-box-a-method-for-focusing-on-freelance-tasks/comment-page-1/#comment-4259 Andy White Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:22:00 +0000 http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/2008/10/20/thinking-inside-the-box-a-method-for-focusing-on-freelance-tasks/#comment-4259 <p>This reminds me a technique I was shown a while ago - the "time-bursts" technique. This is where you spend 5 minutes on each ToDo, then 10 minutes on any ToDos left over, then 15 minutes and so on. The ideas is that humans work much more efficiently on a task if there is a time limit. I'll give this a go!</p> This reminds me a technique I was shown a while ago – the “time-bursts” technique. This is where you spend 5 minutes on each ToDo, then 10 minutes on any ToDos left over, then 15 minutes and so on. The ideas is that humans work much more efficiently on a task if there is a time limit. I’ll give this a go!

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