Comments on: Are you working hard or are you working long? http://47hats.com/2007/09/are-you-working-hard-or-are-you-working-long/ Bob Walsh Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:41:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Chris R. http://47hats.com/2007/09/are-you-working-hard-or-are-you-working-long/comment-page-1/#comment-25475 Chris R. Wed, 26 Sep 2007 13:45:33 +0000 http://www.47hats.com/?p=446#comment-25475 Excellent post. I think sometimes fixing problems in your software will sell more copies then adding features. Tackling my top 10 'TODO' items was the best thing I ever did for my product. Excellent post. I think sometimes fixing problems in your software will sell more copies then adding features. Tackling my top 10 ‘TODO’ items was the best thing I ever did for my product.

]]> By: Matthew Cornell http://47hats.com/2007/09/are-you-working-hard-or-are-you-working-long/comment-page-1/#comment-24889 Matthew Cornell Fri, 07 Sep 2007 04:26:41 +0000 http://www.47hats.com/?p=446#comment-24889 Reminds me of the metric re: one's role in an organization. Poor managers look at "seat time" - how many hours you clock. More modern ones look at value/contributions. Thanks for getting me thinking. Reminds me of the metric re: one’s role in an organization. Poor managers look at “seat time” – how many hours you clock. More modern ones look at value/contributions. Thanks for getting me thinking.

]]> By: Paul Young http://47hats.com/2007/09/are-you-working-hard-or-are-you-working-long/comment-page-1/#comment-24820 Paul Young Wed, 05 Sep 2007 23:32:55 +0000 http://www.47hats.com/?p=446#comment-24820 Instead of saying "working hard" and "working long", I think a better way of wording this would have been "working smart" and "working hard". Working long is hard—but it's not always smart. I'm an active track athlete, and this is what we call "Training hard" vs "Training smart". Training hard is doing 3x the training volume necessary. The athlete ends up burning out and rarely improves. Training smart on the other hand, is about not killing yourself every workout, and making sure you're leaving enough in the tank for the next one. It's about knowing when to stop, when to keep going, and having a sound plan of action for how you're going to improve. I think that's the point you were trying to drive home here. Instead of saying “working hard” and “working long”, I think a better way of wording this would have been “working smart” and “working hard”. Working long is hard—but it’s not always smart.

I’m an active track athlete, and this is what we call “Training hard” vs “Training smart”.

Training hard is doing 3x the training volume necessary. The athlete ends up burning out and rarely improves.

Training smart on the other hand, is about not killing yourself every workout, and making sure you’re leaving enough in the tank for the next one. It’s about knowing when to stop, when to keep going, and having a sound plan of action for how you’re going to improve.

I think that’s the point you were trying to drive home here.

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]]> By: Joe Mele http://47hats.com/2007/09/are-you-working-hard-or-are-you-working-long/comment-page-1/#comment-24810 Joe Mele Wed, 05 Sep 2007 16:38:41 +0000 http://www.47hats.com/?p=446#comment-24810 I like this post. It dovetails with a series of books I have been reading from Michael Gerber. Ie the e-myth. I am planning to blog on it. I think you without stating it you hit upon that same germ of an Idea of the difference of working *in* the business vs working *on* the business. Joe Mele www.youseful.com I like this post. It dovetails with a series of books I have been reading from Michael Gerber. Ie the e-myth. I am planning to blog on it. I think you without stating it you hit upon that same germ of an Idea of the difference of working *in* the business vs working *on* the business.

Joe Mele
http://www.youseful.com

]]> By: Scot Herrick http://47hats.com/2007/09/are-you-working-hard-or-are-you-working-long/comment-page-1/#comment-24783 Scot Herrick Tue, 04 Sep 2007 21:07:13 +0000 http://www.47hats.com/?p=446#comment-24783 Seth has very good points, but this also extends the insights nicely not only for microISV's, but for knowledge workers as well. It is hard to get away from enough day-to-day stuff, get recovered enough, and then be ready enough to look at the hard examples you provided. I think it is one of the reasons we don't make the hard decisions: we prefer long hours so we don't have to deal with hard decisions! Good insights. Seth has very good points, but this also extends the insights nicely not only for microISV’s, but for knowledge workers as well.

It is hard to get away from enough day-to-day stuff, get recovered enough, and then be ready enough to look at the hard examples you provided. I think it is one of the reasons we don’t make the hard decisions: we prefer long hours so we don’t have to deal with hard decisions!

Good insights.

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