Comments on: When to Swallow Your Daily Frog http://www.productiveflourishing.com/when-to-swallow-your-daily-frog/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed The Art of Meaningful Productivity Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:53:11 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: IttyBiz » The Small Business Happiness Scale: Where Are You? http://www.productiveflourishing.com/when-to-swallow-your-daily-frog/comment-page-1/#comment-362 IttyBiz » The Small Business Happiness Scale: Where Are You? Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:41:01 +0000 http://www.productiveflourishing.com/?p=111#comment-362 [...] One little thing I've found that works for me is to schedule the tasks I most enjoy doing for the end of my work day. I can have a pretty good day, but if the last hour is shit then I think I had a shitty day. Ending on a positive note can turn a bad day into a good one. (Charlie from Productive Flourishing made a similar point here.) [...] [...] One little thing I’ve found that works for me is to schedule the tasks I most enjoy doing for the end of my work day. I can have a pretty good day, but if the last hour is shit then I think I had a shitty day. Ending on a positive note can turn a bad day into a good one. (Charlie from Productive Flourishing made a similar point here.) [...]

]]> By: Charles Gilkey http://www.productiveflourishing.com/when-to-swallow-your-daily-frog/comment-page-1/#comment-296 Charles Gilkey Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:36:54 +0000 http://www.productiveflourishing.com/?p=111#comment-296 @ Amy (QRW): That feeling is exactly what prompted me to write this post. Of course, the frog I was swallowing was a day's worth of grading, so I didn't get to do the fun stuff - but it needed to be done nonetheless. @ Amy (QRW): That feeling is exactly what prompted me to write this post. Of course, the frog I was swallowing was a day’s worth of grading, so I didn’t get to do the fun stuff – but it needed to be done nonetheless.

]]> By: Quiet Rebel Writer http://www.productiveflourishing.com/when-to-swallow-your-daily-frog/comment-page-1/#comment-274 Quiet Rebel Writer Fri, 04 Apr 2008 03:07:49 +0000 http://www.productiveflourishing.com/?p=111#comment-274 Oh, so true. When I put off the project I've been dreading (and don't we always have at least one of those on our plates?) it wrecks the whole day. I consistently try to tackle it first thing in the morning. The sort of wake-up-start-work-don't-think-just-do-it tactic. Doesn't always work, but when I get the thing I'm dreading done before lunch? Ah, what a lovely feeling. <em>Quiet Rebel Writer's last blog post..<a href='http://www.quietrebelwriter.com/2008/04/03/writers-who-matter-octavia-butler-sci-fi-rebel/' rel="nofollow">Writers Who Matter: Octavia Butler, Sci-Fi Rebel</a></em> Oh, so true. When I put off the project I’ve been dreading (and don’t we always have at least one of those on our plates?) it wrecks the whole day. I consistently try to tackle it first thing in the morning. The sort of wake-up-start-work-don’t-think-just-do-it tactic. Doesn’t always work, but when I get the thing I’m dreading done before lunch? Ah, what a lovely feeling.

Quiet Rebel Writer’s last blog post..Writers Who Matter: Octavia Butler, Sci-Fi Rebel

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