Comments on: Reduce Work Stress With A 20 Hour Work Week http://tell-a-worker.com/917/reduce-work-stress-with-a-20-hour-work-week/ Do What You Love. Love What You Do. Thu, 17 Jun 2010 01:47:09 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Yasuo http://tell-a-worker.com/917/reduce-work-stress-with-a-20-hour-work-week/comment-page-1/#comment-342 Yasuo Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:59:22 +0000 http://tell-a-worker.com/?p=917#comment-342 Tony, I know what you mean. When I first started out at my job, they didn't have a place for me to sit so I sat in an open area where everyone could see me but I couldn't necessarily see them when they walked pass. I believe in the merits of accountability, though I think the 40 hours of contact in the office is a less than optimal approach. Honestly its much easier to slack off at work or get distracted at work. It's hard to work when you know you have to be at it for 8 hours and there's this flawed logic that if you are at work and there is sound coming off your keyboard, you must indeed actually be working. My work keeps me accountable by having me send reports every fortnight detailing my activities. That's just one method, and those tend to be so much more effective than just sitting in the office. The fact is, as a person who works from home, if I don't deliver by the deadline, there are simply less excuses you can make that are good enough to justify not delivering so you're actually more motivated to stay on top of your work and stay productive. Ever thought about looking for telecommuting or freelance work :) Tony, I know what you mean. When I first started out at my job, they didn’t have a place for me to sit so I sat in an open area where everyone could see me but I couldn’t necessarily see them when they walked pass.

I believe in the merits of accountability, though I think the 40 hours of contact in the office is a less than optimal approach. Honestly its much easier to slack off at work or get distracted at work. It’s hard to work when you know you have to be at it for 8 hours and there’s this flawed logic that if you are at work and there is sound coming off your keyboard, you must indeed actually be working.

My work keeps me accountable by having me send reports every fortnight detailing my activities. That’s just one method, and those tend to be so much more effective than just sitting in the office. The fact is, as a person who works from home, if I don’t deliver by the deadline, there are simply less excuses you can make that are good enough to justify not delivering so you’re actually more motivated to stay on top of your work and stay productive.

Ever thought about looking for telecommuting or freelance work :)

]]> By: Tony Grogan http://tell-a-worker.com/917/reduce-work-stress-with-a-20-hour-work-week/comment-page-1/#comment-333 Tony Grogan Tue, 13 Apr 2010 17:36:53 +0000 http://tell-a-worker.com/?p=917#comment-333 In a work focused environment I could do my normal week's work in about 8-10 hours. My current location is in an open area in the center of the plant. Not very condusive to CAD Design. Also 90% of my work could be done from anywhere with a broad band connection. Unfortunately we are in a visual manufacturing world. You must be visible and appear to be working 40-60 hours per week. In a work focused environment I could do my normal week’s work in about 8-10 hours. My current location is in an open area in the center of the plant. Not very condusive to CAD Design. Also 90% of my work could be done from anywhere with a broad band connection. Unfortunately we are in a visual manufacturing world. You must be visible and appear to be working 40-60 hours per week.

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