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I was just told about a terrific Australian site focused on solopreneurs working from home – FlyingSolo.com.au.
The guy who told me about it is Peter Crocker, a freelance copywriter and the marketing guy at FlyingSolo.
It’s a great site for anyone working from home, with plenty of content relating to productivity.
Be sure to check it out.
I am constantly reading about people who seem to manage a blistering work pace, every day.
They have their systems and their passion, and seem to be able to work at a fast, constant pace.
Well, that’s not me.
Some days I really am extremely productive and can get almost a “day’s work” done by ten in the morning. I barely notice time passing and am amazed by how much I have managed to achieve.
Other days, my pace is more like that of a slug. I struggle through each task and, at day’s end, am disappointed by how little I have managed to get done.
Are there others like me out there? I suspect there are. But it’s not everyone who wants to advertise the fact that they are not a finely tuned working machine, capable of an amazing level of productivity every day of the week.
And in some ways, I’m glad my level of productivity is not “constant”. There is a rebellious part of me that would hate to submit to a machine-like way of working.
But then again, it doesn’t help when I am having an off day...but still have a few deadlines to meet.
What do I do? How do I try to speed up?
Usually, if I find myself working inefficiently in the face of a tight deadline, I walk away from my desk.
Maybe for ten minutes. Maybe for half an hour. I do something completely different. Maybe I’ll sit and read a magazine. Or do some physical work out in the garden.
Either way, the purpose is to jog my mind out of that “slug like” condition.
And it usually works. Most times I can return to my desk and slip into a faster pace.
How about you? Do you find your own productivity rises and falls? And if so, how do you deal with it?
Finally, I did try something different once, and it helped me quite a bit. I bought a self-hypnosis CD that was created specifically to help people increase their productivity. You can read about my experience here, on my freelance writing site.
