Comments on: The One Thing You Can’t Afford to Blow Off

By: The 5 Lies of Entrepreneurship | Remarkable Communication

The 5 Lies of Entrepreneurship | Remarkable Communication — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 18:51:23 +0000

[...] And they took breaks when they needed to. They put their relationships first. For the most part, they maintained their most important machine. [...]

By: Mark W. "Extra Crispy" Schumann

Mark W. "Extra Crispy" Schumann — Sat, 08 May 2010 20:17:04 +0000

I'm behind on a lot of important work things. To solve that problem, last night I went out dancing with some friends and we hung out until about 3am afterwards. And I slept all day today. That was awesome. .-= Mark W. "Extra Crispy" Schumann´s last blog ..Pair programming sucks. That’s okay. =-.

By: Marlene Hielema

Marlene Hielema — Fri, 07 May 2010 13:56:36 +0000

Good reminder to us entrepreneurs who try to fit work into every possible time slot! We have a “day of rest” built into our society for a good reason, though retailers don’t really practice “rest”. I try to unplug on Sundays, unless I’ve taken the previous Friday off – which I do on occasion – also good. Sunday matinees, coffee shops and ice cream treats are so much fun! No malls or grocery shopping allowed!
.-= Marlene Hielema´s last blog ..The importance of monitor calibration =-.

By: Mike Reeves-McMillan

Mike Reeves-McMillan — Fri, 07 May 2010 01:12:19 +0000

“Maintenance is cheaper than repair” is one of the Three Things I’ve Learned from Engineering.

This is a timely warning. I was about to start listening to business-related podcasts instead of reading science fiction and comic books at night. There just seems to be so little time… (But there’ll be less if I wear myself down by using it all to work.)

By: Nathan Hangen - Digital Emperor

Nathan Hangen - Digital Emperor — Fri, 07 May 2010 00:31:33 +0000

How come I see almost all of my favorite bloggers over here? Sonia, you must be doing something right (aside from that Typepad thing).

I’m really bad about this, but most people that know me know this. Is it bad that my favorite thing to do is work? I’m not sure.

The other day I was looking at gmail and all I saw was lines and colors and my heart started beating very fast…thought I was going to have a nervous breakdown. Luckily, a few beers fixed it and I was back to work

I usually violate the “junk time maintenance” rule, and it costs me. I fall asleep during my downtime. Not good, must work on this.

I blame Copyblogger for their tough editorial standards
.-= Nathan Hangen – Digital Emperor´s last blog ..The Secret to Getting Past Go =-.

By: Catherine Caine

Catherine Caine — Fri, 07 May 2010 00:10:50 +0000

First time I read this article it meant nothing to me.

This time I said, “Yes, but…” six times.

I’m going to go see Iron Man 2 tonight and EVERY DAY will have maintenance time. I promise.
.-= Catherine Caine´s last blog ..My Awesome April results, and an Announcement =-.

By: Gilly

Gilly — Mon, 03 May 2010 08:33:15 +0000

The bit that hit me between the eyes was ‘don’t use junk time for maintenance’. That’s what I do so often – have some me-time when I’m too tired to do anything else. Thanks.

By: Gearing up for the week ahead «

Gearing up for the week ahead « — Mon, 03 May 2010 01:36:32 +0000

[...] also like this article by Remarkable Communication: The one thing you cannot blow off. I need to work on my scheduled maintenance, and Twitter time on the bus heading to work [...]

By: Yahee

Yahee — Mon, 03 May 2010 01:01:10 +0000

Great advice… but so far I think I’m good. I’m a full time mom to a 2yr old super hero and an entrepreneur (bag designer). I work in my dining room while being attacked by various disney heros/villains. When I start to freak we go for a walk, or I turn on highly inappropriate music at high levels and we shake our money makers. Life’s pretty good… even when it’s not.

P.S. I’ll be passing this one on to my less “slackerish” friends.

By: Sonia Simone

Sonia Simone — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:41:16 +0000

@David, good luck with that! Get her to start doing some maintenance herself and she will probably forgive you anything.

@Judy, Janice, Shayna, funny how universal it is, ain't it? (Janice, if you love it, I hereby give you a trash license for Ayn Rand.)

@James, yes, Michael Martine has already mocked me for my lowly Typepad blog. It's on the list of stuff to fix. Somewhere.

@Michael, yah, there's a lot of crazy in the air right now. I think a lot of entrepreneurs don't think of business as a creative process, so they think it's "self indulgent" to fill the well.