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FUTU-RISK » Blog Archive » Creativity — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:07:12 +0000

[...] not being in school all day, but at least being busy. I think Emanuel explains it very well in his latest post (including a hand-drawn graph!) over at [...]

By: Emanuel

Emanuel — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:45:19 +0000

Vicente: Thanks a lot!

Fredrik: I found it in March this year (3 courses + work + committee). So now I’m practicing Applied No-saying to keep the balance :)

By: Fredrik

Fredrik — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:20:54 +0000

I recently heard a saying I really like. “If you need something done – ask a busy person to do it.”

It’s very important not to step over your maximum workload constant, and I would say the optimum level to be at is two thirds up the flow-level; here you don’t risk going over and you’re still really productive.

Have you found your maximum workload constant yet?

By: Vicente

Vicente — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:56:50 +0000

Thanks for your wise words.
I specially like the last paragraph. I’ve always felt that, but it’s hard to overcome the consumer culture.