Comments on: The High Cost of Information http://www.productiveflourishing.com/the-high-cost-of-information/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed The Art of Meaningful Productivity Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:55:54 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: » Blog Archive » What Questions Should You Ask of Your Sales Stats? http://www.productiveflourishing.com/the-high-cost-of-information/comment-page-1/#comment-3471 » Blog Archive » What Questions Should You Ask of Your Sales Stats? Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:54:12 +0000 http://www.productiveflourishing.com/?p=2009#comment-3471 [...] reading “The High Cost of Information” from Charlie Gilkey, I was struck by this paragraph: Here’s the bottom line: if you [...] [...] reading “The High Cost of Information” from Charlie Gilkey, I was struck by this paragraph: Here’s the bottom line: if you [...]

]]> By: Janet Bailey http://www.productiveflourishing.com/the-high-cost-of-information/comment-page-1/#comment-3469 Janet Bailey Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:22:38 +0000 http://www.productiveflourishing.com/?p=2009#comment-3469 "The only time you’ll have a complete informational picture is when it’s too late" -- good point. I'm an information junkie and have been training myself not to follow every sparkly link or bit of text. The idea of asking myself what questions I need answered, before collecting still more information, is helpful. Thanks Charlie-- “The only time you’ll have a complete informational picture is when it’s too late” — good point. I’m an information junkie and have been training myself not to follow every sparkly link or bit of text. The idea of asking myself what questions I need answered, before collecting still more information, is helpful. Thanks Charlie–

]]> By: Lacy http://www.productiveflourishing.com/the-high-cost-of-information/comment-page-1/#comment-3438 Lacy Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:04:08 +0000 http://www.productiveflourishing.com/?p=2009#comment-3438 Pretty good post. I just stumbled upon your blog and wanted to say that I have really liked browsing your posts. In any case I'll be subscribing to your blog and I hope you write again soon! Pretty good post. I just stumbled upon your blog and wanted to say
that I have really liked browsing your posts. In any case
I’ll be subscribing to your blog and I hope you write again soon!

]]> By: Deb Owen http://www.productiveflourishing.com/the-high-cost-of-information/comment-page-1/#comment-3427 Deb Owen Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:42:56 +0000 http://www.productiveflourishing.com/?p=2009#comment-3427 Yep. I'll say it too. This post & Chris' complement each other nicely. Spending too much time researching and gather information *can* be a way we procrastinate. It can be that we're afraid to pull the trigger and do something. Because that one additional little piece of info just might make the thing perfect, right? (As you said, wrong. ;-) ) Thanks for the great post Charlie! All the best! deb Yep. I’ll say it too. This post & Chris’ complement each other nicely.

Spending too much time researching and gather information *can* be a way we procrastinate. It can be that we’re afraid to pull the trigger and do something. Because that one additional little piece of info just might make the thing perfect, right? (As you said, wrong. ;-) )

Thanks for the great post Charlie!
All the best!
deb

]]> By: Marissa http://www.productiveflourishing.com/the-high-cost-of-information/comment-page-1/#comment-3423 Marissa Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:38:20 +0000 http://www.productiveflourishing.com/?p=2009#comment-3423 Interesting--as I was reading this post, I too was thinking about how this post and Chris's post make a good pair. (I happened to read them back-to-back.) I definitely move with disconcerting ease from tracking something for a useful purpose to tracking something <em>just to track it</em>. Most of what I've tracked diligently never gets a second look. I've been hugely grateful for the discovery of <a href="http://letsfreckle.com" rel="nofollow">freckle</a> time tracking precisely because it simplifies time tracking to such a degree that I don't feel compelled to micro-track it just for the sake of micro-tracking it (but still allows a complete enough tracking system to inform my clients). This has been a big struggle for me as I move from working-for-someone-else paradigms into working-for-myself. When I was working for someone else I knew some of what I did was pointless, but I <em>had</em> to do it. Now that I work for myself, I find that I do some of that "pointless" stuff because it's ingrained in my brain that I <em>have</em> to. (There's a lot of tracking for the sake of tracking stuff that falls into that category.) Thanks for a great post & a good incentive to reconsider some of my habits! Interesting–as I was reading this post, I too was thinking about how this post and Chris’s post make a good pair. (I happened to read them back-to-back.)

I definitely move with disconcerting ease from tracking something for a useful purpose to tracking something just to track it. Most of what I’ve tracked diligently never gets a second look. I’ve been hugely grateful for the discovery of freckle time tracking precisely because it simplifies time tracking to such a degree that I don’t feel compelled to micro-track it just for the sake of micro-tracking it (but still allows a complete enough tracking system to inform my clients).

This has been a big struggle for me as I move from working-for-someone-else paradigms into working-for-myself. When I was working for someone else I knew some of what I did was pointless, but I had to do it. Now that I work for myself, I find that I do some of that “pointless” stuff because it’s ingrained in my brain that I have to. (There’s a lot of tracking for the sake of tracking stuff that falls into that category.)

Thanks for a great post & a good incentive to reconsider some of my habits!

]]> By: Daniel Edlen http://www.productiveflourishing.com/the-high-cost-of-information/comment-page-1/#comment-3422 Daniel Edlen Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:02:40 +0000 http://www.productiveflourishing.com/?p=2009#comment-3422 Goes nicely with Chris Guillebeau's post today. I still wrestle with my inner collector, my protector of childhood. It saved me from living until I was 25. Now I try to flow with what the Universe shows, gives me. It reflects, leads, I listen, follow. Or try to. Attention is truly precious, time non-transferable. Peace. @vinylart Goes nicely with Chris Guillebeau’s post today. I still wrestle with my inner collector, my protector of childhood. It saved me from living until I was 25. Now I try to flow with what the Universe shows, gives me. It reflects, leads, I listen, follow. Or try to. Attention is truly precious, time non-transferable.

Peace.
@vinylart

]]>