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12 May 12
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When you have a long stretch when you aren't bothered, you can get in the zone. The zone is when you are most productive.
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Set up a rule at work: Make half the day alone time. From 10am-2pm, no one can talk to one another (except during lunch).
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Avoid any email thread that's going to require an immediate response. Just shut up and get to work.
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If you take a 1 minute interruption by a coworker asking you a question, and this knocks out your concentration enough that it takes you half an hour to get productive again, your overall productivity is in serious trouble.
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02 Feb 11
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28 Nov 10
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11 Nov 10
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Guess which part of the day we get the most work done? The alone part.
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in the morning or late at night — times when they're not being bothered.
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The alone zone is where real progress is made.
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Getting in the zone takes time.
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It's like rem sleep — you don't just go to rem sleep, you go to sleep first and you make your way to rem.
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Set up a rule at work: Make half the day alone time.
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From 10am-2pm, no one can talk to one another (except during lunch).
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A successful alone time period means letting go of communication addiction. During alone time, give up instant messenging, phone calls, and meetings.
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Just shut up and get to work.
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22 Jun 10
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One positive side effect of this eight hour difference is alone time.
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us team
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This gives us about half of the day together and the other half alone.
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Guess which part of the day we get the most work done? The alone part. It's not that surprising really. Many people prefer to work either early in the morning or late at night — times when they're not being bothered.
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When you have a long stretch when you aren't bothered, you can get in the zone. The zone is when you are most productive.
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The alone zone is where real progress is made.
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Getting in the zone takes time
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rem is
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Set up a rule at work: Make half the day alone time. From 10am-2pm, no one can talk to one another (except during lunch). Or make the first or the last half of the day the alone time period. Just make sure this period is contiguous in order to avoid productivity-killing interruptions.
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Avoid any email thread that's going to require an immediate response.
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10 Feb 10
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The alone zone is where real progress is made.
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The alone time zone is where the real development magic happens.
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A successful alone time period means letting go of communication addiction.
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05 Jun 09
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We all know that knowledge workers work best by getting into "flow", also known as being "in the zone", where they are fully concentrated on their work and fully tuned out of their environment.
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27 Nov 08
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12 Aug 08
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A successful alone time period means letting go of communication addiction. During alone time, give up instant messenging, phone calls, and meetings. Avoid any email thread that's going to require an immediate response. Just shut up and get to work.
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25 May 08
Martin Stabe"When you have a long stretch when you aren't bothered, you can get in the zone. The zone is when you are most productive. It's when you don't have to mindshift between various tasks." (via Will Sullivan)
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05 Apr 08
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15 Nov 07
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When you have a long stretch when you aren't bothered, you can get in the zone. The zone is when you are most productive.
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