Posts Tagged ‘Time’

The W8 Formula

Chris Mower
Mar 17 |18:27

In high school and part of college I competed on the forensics team in debate, oratory, humor, drama, and poetry and (pardon me for tooting my own horn) did really well at it. Actually, I lied. I did well in all areas except debate. Debate was a giant thorn in my side and I’d leave the debate floor feeling like I wrestled a hippopotamus in the wallow. So after a couple years, I decided to leave debate behind. But that’s not what this is about; this post is about working towards a goal, and working hard.
Enter the W^8 formula (imagine cool theme song here).

Just in case the image burns your eyes out, here it is in plain text:

The W8 Formula
Working Will Win When Wishy Washy Wishing Won’t.

Okay okay, I admit that it’s a little cheesy (cheesy enough that I gave it it’s own goofy motivational poster). Cheesiness aside, I like it, and it’s easy to remember. My high school forensics coach, Mr. C, taught me the W8 formula and oddly enough, it’s one of the few lessons I remember from high school. The W8 formula works for any goal or ambition.
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Working Long Hours vs Productivity

Chris Mower
Feb 22 |06:54

Working long hours doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll accomplish more.

If you’re excited about a project and have personal interest, you’ll most likely utilize all the time you’re allotted, but what about those projects that you don’t have a personal interest in that are required because of work?

When you’re not jumping at the gun to start a new project, you often find excuses to not start until later. A couple hours later a project that you said would take 8 hours can be done in 6. A project that you said would take 5 days is done in 3.

Why?

Because you procrastinate until the last possible moment and then you have no choice but to buckle down and get to work.

Because you purposefully bid a longer amount of time to give you time to “think about the project.”

Because you just can’t start the day before reading every news article on Yahoo!, MSN, and BBC News.
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