11. Control yourself
Time-sucking sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Reddit can kill your productivity. Put yourself on a reward system: for every hour of typing you get 20 minutes of online playtime. If you can’t stick to the schedule, install time-management software that blocks certain websites for a set amount of time.
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Read more Men at Work:
Dacus Thompson: Career Changers
Tim Donnelly: In Defense of Dating Your Coworker
Ted Cox: 11 Rules for Working Out of a Coffee Shop
Brian Stuart: Working for the Woman
Hugo Schwyzer: The Myth of Male Inflexibility
Mark Oppenheimer: Life Lessons From My Alcoholic Boss
John Olympic: What It’s Like to Work in Walmart Hell
Tom Matlack: The Illusion of Success
Morra Aarons-Mele: How to Work From Home
Ryan O’Hanlon: Meet America’s Oldest Minor Leaguer
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I thought this was funny, it pokes fun of people that bring WAY too much office to the coffee shop! Enjoy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzfznSMxh3w
Whoa, there’s such a thing as time management software??! That would have helped a lot while I was at university. I mourn the many unnecessary all-nighters…
Most of the others I had a “no doy” reaction to though. Sitting near an outlet is just common sense, and buying something is just courtesy.
There is a great firefox add-on called Leechblock that serves this purpose… once you can figure out how to set it up, it really helps productivity.
This article is 11 pages? I have to click through 11 pages, each with only a paragraph, to read this article? Seriously?
No, I refuse. I’m a GMP fan, but I’m boycotting this issue to protest this ridiculous layout decision. Sorry, Ted.