Re:Solo founders: how do you stay emotionally efficient?
by yters on Friday April 18, 2008 @10:45AM
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#1 is key for me. Once I have the problem and course of action in mind, I can plug away easily. Otherwise I kind of flounder around, unless I purposefully focus on figuring out what I need to do next.
Also, I'd say 99% of advice is useless. People don't usually need to learn more effective ways of doing things. What they really lack is motivation and that's usually because they're trying to force themselves to do something they really think is pointless.
Re:Solo founders: how do you stay emotionally efficient?
by kleevr on Friday April 18, 2008 @09:14AM
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Running has always been a great reset for me. Emotional stress, job stress, and even in the worst of times I've managed to push a semi-psychotic break back by a couple weeks. Though running has never been a proactive solution for me, only after I've gotten to deep in the sledge do I lace up and kick it out.
1. I've found recently that when i don't want to code, it's because i don't understand something. I've been picking up a pencil and paper and just working out things i'm nervous about a lot more often lately. it's been a nice productivity boost.
2. avoid crap that will piss you off to no good effect. I read reddit.politics from time to time and lose an hour just grumbling over some comment. huge waste of time.
3. i like running. i don't do it often enough... but a couple of miles will really turn down the volume on the rest of the world. very nearly a reset button for me.
4. by all means, stay up late and hack. However, for me, more than once a week is very detrimental. Sometimes, it's worth being a little slow the next day.