Comments on: Productivity is Like Cleaning a Dirty Plate http://deanhunt.com/dirty-plate-productivity/ The highly acclaimed and controversial Internet Entrepreur Dean Hunt shares his off-beat views on success, marketing, personal development and some wacky humour. Why? Because everyone is entitled to his opinion Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:12:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Ram Ganglani http://deanhunt.com/dirty-plate-productivity/comment-page-1/#comment-220673 Ram Ganglani Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:34:12 +0000 http://deanhunt.com/?p=851#comment-220673 Yes, I agree - the longer we leave it, the more it weighs on the mind and increases stress. And whilst we leave it to one side,there are other things coming in the pipeline and suddenly you have loads of things left undone or half done. Best to get into the habit of doing it soon ( even if it is not immediate) but avoid letting it drag. Also if possible to delegate someone who is capable of handling it, yes best to pass it on that team member. The load of incoming work never ends. So avoid getting drowned. Yes, I agree – the longer we leave it, the more it weighs on the mind and increases stress. And whilst we leave it to one side,there are other things coming in the pipeline and suddenly you have loads of things left undone or half done.
Best to get into the habit of doing it soon ( even if it is not immediate) but avoid letting it drag. Also if possible to delegate someone who is capable of handling it, yes best to pass it on that team member.

The load of incoming work never ends.
So avoid getting drowned.

]]> By: judyofthewoods http://deanhunt.com/dirty-plate-productivity/comment-page-1/#comment-218600 judyofthewoods Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:56:08 +0000 http://deanhunt.com/?p=851#comment-218600 I can trump 5 days by a long shot. It was probably in excess of five years. OK, so an unwashed plate ended up in storage when I moved house. I agree though, some things are a lot easier and quicker to do straight away. Old saying - a stitch in time saves nine. And if you don't heed it, remember a Spanish proverb - tomorrow is usually the busiest day of the week. However, some jobs are easier to deal with if you leave them long enough. Once dust collects into tumbleweed you just open the door during a desert storm and see it roll away. Btw, just run a crudded plate under the tap, do something else for a few minutes and it will shift easily. Not that I want to discourage you from your new method ;-) I can trump 5 days by a long shot. It was probably in excess of five years. OK, so an unwashed plate ended up in storage when I moved house. I agree though, some things are a lot easier and quicker to do straight away. Old saying – a stitch in time saves nine. And if you don’t heed it, remember a Spanish proverb – tomorrow is usually the busiest day of the week. However, some jobs are easier to deal with if you leave them long enough. Once dust collects into tumbleweed you just open the door during a desert storm and see it roll away.

Btw, just run a crudded plate under the tap, do something else for a few minutes and it will shift easily. Not that I want to discourage you from your new method ;-)

]]> By: Sarah http://deanhunt.com/dirty-plate-productivity/comment-page-1/#comment-218457 Sarah Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:31:20 +0000 http://deanhunt.com/?p=851#comment-218457 Very cool ! You have hit the nail on the head - I get so many emails to read that i store to read that feel that they are weighing the system down .. from now on i will act straight away with job in hand. Very cool ! You have hit the nail on the head – I get so many emails to read that i store to read that feel that they are weighing the system down .. from now on i will act straight away with job in hand.

]]> By: Patrice http://deanhunt.com/dirty-plate-productivity/comment-page-1/#comment-218323 Patrice Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:10:19 +0000 http://deanhunt.com/?p=851#comment-218323 The morale I got from this post is to be more organized. Do your tasks for today because tomorrow has another set of new tasks. Great post! The morale I got from this post is to be more organized. Do your tasks for today because tomorrow has another set of new tasks. Great post!

]]> By: Dean Hunt http://deanhunt.com/dirty-plate-productivity/comment-page-1/#comment-218070 Dean Hunt Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:42:00 +0000 http://deanhunt.com/?p=851#comment-218070 Hi Dave, Ah, the life of a bachelor ;-) The worst part is that I pay for a cleaner twice a week, so god knows how that happened. Hi Dave,

Ah, the life of a bachelor ;-)

The worst part is that I pay for a cleaner twice a week, so god knows how that happened.

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