Comments on: Tip of the Week: Leave Your Desk Messy http://gigaom.com/collaboration/tip-of-the-week-leave-your-desk-messy/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:29:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: thinkerpool.com: » Secret Sauce: 10 Game-changing Tips from the World’s Top Freelancers http://gigaom.com/collaboration/tip-of-the-week-leave-your-desk-messy/#comment-66492 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 20:07:49 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/12/06/tip-of-the-week-leave-your-desk-messy/#comment-66492 [...] you a perfectionist? In an article for the Web Worker Daily, Anne explores this potential problem: “Spend too much time worrying about getting your desk [...]

]]> By: Secret Sauce: 10 Game-changing Tips from the World’s Top Freelancers - FreelanceSwitch - The Freelance Blog http://gigaom.com/collaboration/tip-of-the-week-leave-your-desk-messy/#comment-66491 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:32:43 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/12/06/tip-of-the-week-leave-your-desk-messy/#comment-66491 [...] you a perfectionist? In an article for the Web Worker Daily, Anne explores this potential problem: “Spend too much time worrying about getting your desk [...]

]]> By: Knut Holt http://gigaom.com/collaboration/tip-of-the-week-leave-your-desk-messy/#comment-66490 Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:57:54 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/12/06/tip-of-the-week-leave-your-desk-messy/#comment-66490 The compulsive cleanliness disease is the result of the socialoisation most people are subjected to in manu societies. Outside orderliness is regarded as a must, but real working results are less important.

]]> By: Tim Peter http://gigaom.com/collaboration/tip-of-the-week-leave-your-desk-messy/#comment-66489 Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:36:27 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/12/06/tip-of-the-week-leave-your-desk-messy/#comment-66489 I knew I had an underlying reason for leaving my desk this way all these years! Apparently, I’m happy. Who knew?

Seriously, I’m a perfectionist when it comes to writing, though I’ve been trying to break myself of that. I worry it shows. :-)

]]> By: Anne Zelenka http://gigaom.com/collaboration/tip-of-the-week-leave-your-desk-messy/#comment-66488 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:56:46 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/12/06/tip-of-the-week-leave-your-desk-messy/#comment-66488 Hi Eric, I’ve definitely found that in my own work life — I will put stuff off because I’m waiting for the energy and inspiration to do it really, really well. Perfectionism definitely can be related to procrastination!

Sue — blogging helps me be less perfectionist with my writing because I just have to get stuff out. Can’t be a perfectionist if you’re publishing stuff every day.

Danny — I dunno, there’s probably a happy medium. Your house does need to be reasonably straight or you (and your “old lady”) will go crazy! ;)

]]> By: Sue http://gigaom.com/collaboration/tip-of-the-week-leave-your-desk-messy/#comment-66487 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 22:33:38 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/12/06/tip-of-the-week-leave-your-desk-messy/#comment-66487 I also tend to be a perfectionist with writing. I can edit something endlessly…I mean for weeks. I’m going to try the time boxing approach as well.

]]> By: ebrown http://gigaom.com/collaboration/tip-of-the-week-leave-your-desk-messy/#comment-66486 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 22:32:47 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/12/06/tip-of-the-week-leave-your-desk-messy/#comment-66486 Interesting research Anne. Other studies show that perfectionists can be procrastinators as well. They put off working on a project because they do not feel it can be done perfectly (for various reasons). Seems to me like a good reason for accountability from people who know you best. They know when to encourage you and when to be tough on you. We all do better and what we put our hands to when we know someone is going to hold us accountable.

Thoughts?

-Eric
(a.k.a. WeirdGuy)

]]> By: Danny Outlaw http://gigaom.com/collaboration/tip-of-the-week-leave-your-desk-messy/#comment-66485 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 19:32:27 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/12/06/tip-of-the-week-leave-your-desk-messy/#comment-66485 I knew a kept a messy desk for a reason. Does this mean I dont need to clean my house either? Can someone tell my old lady?

]]> By: Messy Desk or Clean Freak - What's Best For Solo Lawyers? | The Inspired Solo http://gigaom.com/collaboration/tip-of-the-week-leave-your-desk-messy/#comment-66484 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 19:10:11 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/12/06/tip-of-the-week-leave-your-desk-messy/#comment-66484 [...] happy, therefore, to read this from Web Worker Daily, suggesting that messy-deskers like me are healthier, psychologically speaking. Whether it’s [...]

]]> By: April Holle http://gigaom.com/collaboration/tip-of-the-week-leave-your-desk-messy/#comment-66483 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:47:07 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/12/06/tip-of-the-week-leave-your-desk-messy/#comment-66483 I think this is great advice! If you don’t give yourself the ability to mess up every once in awhile you’re going to eventually become your own worst enemy.

We have enough negative vibes coming out from all around us, don’t need to be adding to it ourselves. Give yourself a break, enjoy what you can when you can instead of stressing yourself out about what’s to come and what still needs to be done. :)

]]> By: Denis http://gigaom.com/collaboration/tip-of-the-week-leave-your-desk-messy/#comment-66482 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:21:11 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/12/06/tip-of-the-week-leave-your-desk-messy/#comment-66482 I thought the cleaners were supposed to clean my desk……this explains the mess

]]> By: Claude http://gigaom.com/collaboration/tip-of-the-week-leave-your-desk-messy/#comment-66481 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:16:14 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/12/06/tip-of-the-week-leave-your-desk-messy/#comment-66481

Leave work on time. Don’t arrive early. Take all the breaks allowed. Leave the desk a mess. Allow yourself a set number of tries to finish a job; then turn in what you have.

Sounds like a union job to me.

]]> By: dashofpanache http://gigaom.com/collaboration/tip-of-the-week-leave-your-desk-messy/#comment-66480 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:39:10 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/12/06/tip-of-the-week-leave-your-desk-messy/#comment-66480 yeah, I’ve always considered perfectionism a disease, albeit one with potential benefits. Nice to see some studies backing that up and suggesting ways of dealing with it.

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