All Posts Tagged With: "Work"

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How Much is Your Time Worth?

Conventional thinking:  I can save a significant amount of money by doing things myself.
Contrarian thinking:  My time is worth money and I know what my hourly rate is.   I will account for my time and hourly rate when deciding to do something myself.
Every “do it yourself” decision should account not only for the material cost […]

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23Mar2008 | goldfish | 0 comments | Continued
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Don’t Try to Please Everyone

Conventional thinking:  In order to be successful I must please my customers, my employees, my investors, my colleagues, my boss, etc.  I must make sure the requirements of all my stakeholders are fully met.
Contrarian thinking:  If you try to please everyone you will be very ineffective and will end up not completely satisfying the needs […]

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11Feb2008 | goldfish | 2 comments | Continued
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Don’t Complete Those Tasks

Conventional thinking:  When I start a task I must continue working on it until it is completed, otherwise I am not being thorough.  I must commit to finish everything that I start.
Contrarian thinking:  If you start working on a task and find out that it is not worth completing it, just stop.  Don’t work on […]

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1Feb2008 | goldfish | 0 comments | Continued
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Retirement at 65 is the Wrong Answer

Conventional thinking: I should sacrifice my life during my productive years, doing work I don’t enjoy and not taking any significant time off so that when I am 65 I can retire and have enough money saved up to finally enjoy life. 
Contrarian thought: You productive years also happen to be the years in which you […]

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18Jan2008 | goldfish | 4 comments | Continued
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Multitasking – The Worst Productivity Killer

Common Sense:  If I do a lot of things in parallel I can get a lot more done in a day.  While talking on the phone, I can answer email, do text messaging, and even work on that important presentation at the same time, right?  Not if you are a contrarian goldfish!
Contrarian thought:  Dividing your […]

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1Jan2008 | goldfish | 1 comment | Continued