Some really interesting ideas that are close enough to what I already do that I might well try them. Working to no schedule would be brilliant if I could pull it off, but I worry that as a mix of coder and pointy haired suited type, my conflicting need to fit in with the rest of the world's "let's meet in two weeks' time at 3pm" and desire to have things just happen will lead to frustration rather than fulfillment.
Only doing things that both your head and heart say yes to - yes. Once I started doing this and followed a piece of advice passed down by a fellow entrepreneur - "You don't have to do anything" - my load felt so much lighter. Why was I wasting time? God knows.
The phone/voicemail checking doesn't really for me, though (whether that's a UK thing or not I don't know). I tend to do this automatically for unknown numbers since I get plenty of calls I don't need to take; I also forget my phone far too often. Instead I get nagging emails, or worse, someone recently emailed my cofounder since I didn't answer the phone. They had my email address. I don't get that.
Strategic incompetence, though, seems too close to passive aggressive workplace politics (I don't want to organise the office party so I'll just balls it up..) to my liking.
Only doing things that both your head and heart say yes to - yes. Once I started doing this and followed a piece of advice passed down by a fellow entrepreneur - "You don't have to do anything" - my load felt so much lighter. Why was I wasting time? God knows.
The phone/voicemail checking doesn't really for me, though (whether that's a UK thing or not I don't know). I tend to do this automatically for unknown numbers since I get plenty of calls I don't need to take; I also forget my phone far too often. Instead I get nagging emails, or worse, someone recently emailed my cofounder since I didn't answer the phone. They had my email address. I don't get that.
Strategic incompetence, though, seems too close to passive aggressive workplace politics (I don't want to organise the office party so I'll just balls it up..) to my liking.