Day 5 [Productivity]

One of the puzzles of having a self paced lifestyle is time management. Being a one man show it is always attractive to burn extra hours at the cost of a healthy lifestyle.

Time management is one of the best kept secrets of every succesful entrepreneur. There are times when you need to slog and times when you need take a break, making a wise choice differentiates an average joe and succesful entrepreneur.

This reminds me of the theory of focus and buffer days. I first read it on strategic coach. The concept is to set aside a couple of days in a week for odds and ends and use extreme focus on regular working days. I tried it for a few days now and find it extremely useful. I get quality time to finish/burn-up on tasks and at the same time I know that I'm not losing out personal/odd jobs, I have time allocated for it.

David Allens GTD is another principle that see me through a busy action packed focus day.

Day 1 at a garage startup [Euphoria]

Which job would allow you to start your day at 4 in the afternoon? well thats life at a one man tech startup. 24 hours since I officially moved out of the corporate safety net and life is getting interesting.

What does it take to step out? Most of all a very supportive family and determination to make that difference for yourself.

What next?

The first big thing to deal with is entrepreneurial isolation. It is absolutely necessary to be part of a community, even if it seems like a drag to be so. http://www.peersightonline.com/ seems to be building a virtual advisory board, more on that in later posts..

But right now its back to work.

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escapefromcubiclenation
making-ripples
unconventionalideas
joelonsoftware