Comments on: How To Rescue Your Time And Get Your Life Back http://i.grahamenglish.net/1203/how-to-rescue-your-time-and-get-your-life-back/ Songwriter, Recording Artist, and Blogging Musician Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:54:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Mike Saville http://i.grahamenglish.net/1203/how-to-rescue-your-time-and-get-your-life-back/comment-page-1/#comment-2762 Mike Saville Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:27:47 +0000 http://i.grahamenglish.net/?p=1203#comment-2762 I found Ericcsons 'Deliberate Practice' paper a couple of weeks back and have yet to fully read it - his arguements though seem to back up what most of us have guessed already to be the case - you need to put in the time. Most of those that are great musicians are there because of time (and in some cases talent). I also use the Rescue Time app - very useful. Just imagine if we could get something like that to track our offline lives as well . . . . . I found Ericcsons ‘Deliberate Practice’ paper a couple of weeks back and have yet to fully read it – his arguements though seem to back up what most of us have guessed already to be the case – you need to put in the time. Most of those that are great musicians are there because of time (and in some cases talent).

I also use the Rescue Time app – very useful. Just imagine if we could get something like that to track our offline lives as well . . . . .

]]> By: Graham English http://i.grahamenglish.net/1203/how-to-rescue-your-time-and-get-your-life-back/comment-page-1/#comment-2740 Graham English Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:08:08 +0000 http://i.grahamenglish.net/?p=1203#comment-2740 Thanks Annie. Glad to know I'm not alone out there! Thanks Annie. Glad to know I’m not alone out there!

]]> By: Annie http://i.grahamenglish.net/1203/how-to-rescue-your-time-and-get-your-life-back/comment-page-1/#comment-2739 Annie Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:47:43 +0000 http://i.grahamenglish.net/?p=1203#comment-2739 Hey Graham - Great post. And an interesting too. I might just have to check it out. By the way . . . me + math = not so good, either. ;-) ~ Annie Hey Graham -

Great post. And an interesting too. I might just have to check it out.

By the way . . . me + math = not so good, either. ;-)

~ Annie

]]> By: Graham English http://i.grahamenglish.net/1203/how-to-rescue-your-time-and-get-your-life-back/comment-page-1/#comment-2736 Graham English Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:50:08 +0000 http://i.grahamenglish.net/?p=1203#comment-2736 Doh. Rounding error. It should take 500 weeks, which is 3,500 days, 9.6 years. Close enough not to change in the post. ;) Thanks Simon. Glad to hear GTD works for you. The GTD capture concept has helped me too... big time! Cheers. Doh. Rounding error. It should take 500 weeks, which is 3,500 days, 9.6 years. Close enough not to change in the post. ;)

Thanks Simon. Glad to hear GTD works for you. The GTD capture concept has helped me too… big time! Cheers.

]]> By: simon http://i.grahamenglish.net/1203/how-to-rescue-your-time-and-get-your-life-back/comment-page-1/#comment-2734 simon Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:12:05 +0000 http://i.grahamenglish.net/?p=1203#comment-2734 Great article Graham. I'm no expert but I can say that doing GTD has had a great impact on my creativity. It has freed up head space to focus purely on the creative rather than all those annoying little chores and things that can pop up in your mind when you least want them to. Great article Graham. I’m no expert but I can say that doing GTD has had a great impact on my creativity. It has freed up head space to focus purely on the creative rather than all those annoying little chores and things that can pop up in your mind when you least want them to.

]]> By: Graham English http://i.grahamenglish.net/1203/how-to-rescue-your-time-and-get-your-life-back/comment-page-1/#comment-2733 Graham English Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:31:36 +0000 http://i.grahamenglish.net/?p=1203#comment-2733 Ha! You're totally right. I screwed the math up big time. Okay, the new date is Thursday, December 28, 2017! Damn. ;) 10 hours a week = 1.43 hours a day 5,000 hours / 1.43 hours = 3496.5 days Double check me on that. I could still be wrong. Me + math = not so good. Ha! You’re totally right. I screwed the math up big time. Okay, the new date is Thursday, December 28, 2017! Damn. ;)

10 hours a week = 1.43 hours a day
5,000 hours / 1.43 hours = 3496.5 days

Double check me on that. I could still be wrong. Me + math = not so good.

]]> By: John Chancellor http://i.grahamenglish.net/1203/how-to-rescue-your-time-and-get-your-life-back/comment-page-1/#comment-2732 John Chancellor Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:13:42 +0000 http://i.grahamenglish.net/?p=1203#comment-2732 You are absolutely right about the time we waste doing unimportant things. And you are right about the amount of time, learning and developing new skills to become an expert - actually I have heard the number to reach expert status quoted higher than 5,000. Maybe I missed something, but at 10 hours per week starting in June 2008, I don't see how you can get to 5,000 hours by October 2009. Did you mean 10 hours per day? You are absolutely right about the time we waste doing unimportant things.

And you are right about the amount of time, learning and developing new skills to become an expert – actually I have heard the number to reach expert status quoted higher than 5,000.

Maybe I missed something, but at 10 hours per week starting in June 2008, I don’t see how you can get to 5,000 hours by October 2009. Did you mean 10 hours per day?

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