Think outside the cubicle – by Scott Young – is a short e-book dealing on ways to be more productive while working from home.
Here are a few suggestions covered:
- Work for your peak everyday length instead of wasting hours of low productivity. You can also let low creativity tasks that require less of you for later, after your peak.
- A system of Day/Weekly to-do lists. The goal being having an achievable to-do list every day (instead of mine which currently have several hundred items!). You don't add items if you are done before the end of the day – that would only punish your productivity.
- Take breaks when you need them. But real breaks – not just checking your e-mail or Facebook, or anything related to work.
- Exercise and eat well.
- Write your goals and leave them where you can see them for motivation.
- Increment your output level slowly
- To stop wasting time with the internet, only check e-mail/sites/facebook once per day (this is a tough one to follow!)
- Always empty your e-mail inbox every day (also a bit though).
Overall, it was an interesting little (I think it took me less than an hour to read it) e-book. You can get it Scott's site. I wouldn't have bought it at his price, however – I got it on an Appsumo bundle.
