What percentage of your actual potential do you believe you're working at?

What percentage of your work potential are you operating at?

  • 10%

    Votes: 47 45.6%

  • 20%

    Votes: 8 7.8%

  • 30%

    Votes: 17 16.5%

  • 40%

    Votes: 10 9.7%

  • 50%

    Votes: 8 7.8%

  • 60%

    Votes: 4 3.9%

  • 70%

    Votes: 4 3.9%

  • 80%

    Votes: 2 1.9%

  • 90%

    Votes: 2 1.9%

  • 100%

    Votes: 1 1.0%
  • Total voters
    103
Starting a fiver gig to increase work percentages of gay webmasters via prayer.
 


5-10 the last year. Maybe 25-30 prior. I never see myself even reaching 50. I like getting fucked up too much so motivation rarely stays long.
 
pro tip: make a task list for the day right after you wake up and prioritize the most important stuff first. now schedule it out in 30 minute increments. remember to schedule short breaks so you don't burn out.

hope this helps that sorry 10% crowd

complacency will ruin even the best of them


glb
 
jeffrey said:
PROOF: IM FUCKING DRUNK. FUCK WORK
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drunk+guy.jpg
 
LOL this kid made use 110% of his potential.

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Andrew Scherer said:
pro tip: make a task list for the day right after you wake up and prioritize the most important stuff first. now schedule it out in 30 minute increments. remember to schedule short breaks so you don't burn out.

hope this helps that sorry 10% crowd

complacency will ruin even the best of them


glb
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aka pomodoro method
 
guerilla said:
Doing drugs will definitely slow your roll, but you gotta also remember that guys like Jobs had staffs working with them.

If I could only work on higher order stuff exclusively (next year should be close) then I could redline it like mad.

But when you're doing the usual entrepreneurial stuff, having to wear 10 different hats, you get all of the fatigue, with less of the inspiration, and eventually that will wear you down.
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Good post, good point.
The results of this Poll are pretty funny, it seems the majority of wicked fire members believe they are working at a very limited capacity.

Wonder if it's just wishful thinking and most members would like to believe they are capable of far greater things than they actually are. A bunch of megalomaniacs we are
 
I know I am capable of more.

In the past, I tried to do everything myself.

Then, I worked with people of questionable drive and focus.

Situations I created for myself which weren't optimal.

The last year, I've been delegating a lot more. I no longer have trust issues letting other people work. They may occasionally do something differently than I would have, but the alternative is me staying on the tarmac and never reaching any significant height without them.

Plus, mistakes other people make are easier to fix than me trying to work 22 hour days nonstop.

Scaling is as much a psychological issue as a technical one. Running 100 websites successfully is a very different mentality from running 1.
 
guerilla said:
Doing drugs will definitely slow your roll, but you gotta also remember that guys like Jobs had staffs working with them.

If I could only work on higher order stuff exclusively (next year should be close) then I could redline it like mad.

But when you're doing the usual entrepreneurial stuff, having to wear 10 different hats, you get all of the fatigue, with less of the inspiration, and eventually that will wear you down.
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Did you ever read the E-myth? It talks about that same feeling you are going through. I'm pretty sure I have the .pdf if you want it.
 
For those scaling, just be super careful about your recurring costs. When you're successful it can be so easy to overlook expense creep, but it will absolutely burn you when revenue inevitably hiccups.
 
30% ... haven't been putting action behind vision lately

But i am headed back uphill on my work, trying to do some massive content building
 
guerilla said:
Doing drugs will definitely slow your roll, but you gotta also remember that guys like Jobs had staffs working with them.

If I could only work on higher order stuff exclusively (next year should be close) then I could redline it like mad.

But when you're doing the usual entrepreneurial stuff, having to wear 10 different hats, you get all of the fatigue, with less of the inspiration, and eventually that will wear you down.
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This, the fatigue and procrastination really starts to kick in when you find yourself working at stuff you are sub-optimal at. And if you are a one man show that'll happen a lot.

Having employees is awesome; I generally spend 100% of my time doing stuff I'm good at and love doing. And other people doing all of the stuff that I hated (and procrastinated). Just going from no employees to 1 employee increased my productivity by a factor of 5.
 
-joe- said:
Agreed, imo. Although I can't help feeling that I'd end up doing more work than I do if I worked less hours and had set work schedules, rather than my current tactic of 16 hour days with no real schedule.
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I only work part-time online, and I've found limited time to be very effective. I have to work smart by necessity thanks to my ruthless schedule of other obligations, but working less means being more dedicated to the task at hand and higher hourly earnings as well.

When I have a day to do two hours of work, I still do two hours worth of work and waste ten hours thinking about two hours of work. In the summer months, for example, I don't teach, so I do household things during the day - ripping out cabinets, installing flooring, etc - and keep the same writing schedule year-round.

All told between family and the twin careers, I'm probably working at about 80 percent capacity right now, leaving 20 percent for emergencies, reading and the handful of brain candy shows I'm currently addicted to.
 
jfizzle said:
Did you ever read the E-myth? It talks about that same feeling you are going through. I'm pretty sure I have the .pdf if you want it.
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Thanks, but I think I already read it. I actually went through this cycle a couple times, starting in 02/03.

cardine said:
Just going from no employees to 1 employee increased my productivity by a factor of 5.
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I have accomplished a lot this year by letting other people do what they are best at, and not trying to be the MVP of everything.
 
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