Famous dreamers often develop a reputation as a few eccentricities. However, for many people, these small eccentricities are part of a larger group of daily rituals that help them in their most productive and prolific. Although not all of these tips, tricks and rituals will work for you, they help shed light on some of our most beloved cultural icons and historical figures, are prepared to do to stay on top of their demanding workload.
Writers
1. addicted to Notecards: Vladimir Nabokov is 5-8-inch index cards to compose and arrange the scene in his novels. This allowed him to experiment with the order of the head and transcribing the final manuscript.
2. slow and steady: Stephen King explained that he always writes 10 pages a day, every day of the year (including holidays). His slow and steady approach to project management ensures that he has a steady stream of new works, entering the market and it is one of the most prolific contemporary authors working in America today.
to obtain early: writers like Sylvia Plath and Mary Higgins Clark began to write at 5 am and 4 am every day, respectively. The two women were little children, and those early points on the same day was the only time they were to continue their writing careers. Luc Denison writer forced himself to write only 500 words a day before his day job and eventually sold three of the novel.
4. Get centered with a favorite book passage: some authors have to go through the ritual of touching base with favorite literary Totem. For example Somerset Maugham Voltaire's "Candide would read" before you begin, while Villa Cather's reading the Bible.
Businessmen and entrepreneurs
: 5. Be impulsive in business, if you have a good idea, you need to move fast to go ahead of your competitors. According to Bill Gates, "when you find a good idea to act on it right now."
6. get ahead, making it personal: "big companies will always try to crush small upstarts. To beat the big business, use the strengths of small. Large impersonal corporations; workers may not have good. In a small company you can be sure your employees are proud to work for you, and then they will work to achieve success. And small companies are more nimble. -Sir Richard Branson
7 hours work long before now, reap the benefits: Ben Franklin knew the benefits of working long hours, as well as famous among their peers, as someone who worked long hours. This work ethic was essential for the growth of its printing business. He also had a regular ask questions during the day. Ben Franklin asked myself each morning (5 am), "what should I do today?"; every night before bed (about 10 pm), "what good I made a-day?"
Thinkers and implementers
8. Get extreme: architect Bernard Tschumi avoid procrastination, working in one of two extremes. "I work best under pressure or emptying my brain over the weekend, he explains. "This empty state is useful. It's like an athlete to competition ".
9. force myself to stay focused: Greek orator, Demosthenes would force myself to stay focused on the speeches, shave off half of his hair, that makes it look so ridiculous that it is not a temptation to procrastinate, leaving his home. Victor Hugo would do something similar, forcing himself to meet his daily writing goals, with his Valet hide your clothes. Yup that guy who wrote "les Miserables" liked to work in the Nude.
10. never take your eyes off your competition: playwright Henrik Ibsen will work on a table decorated with a portrait of Arch rival playwright August Strindberg. Try keeping a picture of your competitors a person or a company logo on your desktop to entice you to new heights.
use of caffeine (but Don't abuse it): mathematician Paul Erd?s is used over the past 25 years of his life devoted to 19 hours a day to reach higher math. To stay alert, he's amped up up from 10 to 20 milligrams of Benzedrine or Ritalin (along with a strong espresso and caffeine tablets.) "Mathematics", he said, "is a machine for turning coffee into theorems".
12. Blow off some steam: King Otto the great, King of Bavaria from 1886 to 1913, shot a farmer every morning to start your day. Fortunately, his two advisers were generous: one gave King, rifle, fill in the gaps, and the other dressed as a farmer, acting out death agony when he was "killed". While shooting people is not completely normal, never underestimate the stress relief, you can get from a few rounds of Call of Duty.
Conclusion
These examples from the everyday and productivity tips spokespeople may not be ideal for your busy lifestyle, but they are certainly worth bearing in mind the next time you're stuck and need assistance, nutrition through. And seriously, not "King Otto". This would not be cool.
Resources and links
http://notorc.blogspot.com/2006/05/Work-Habits-of-Highly-successful_23.HTML
http://writetodone.com/2008/09/04/Learn-from-the-Greats-7-Writing-Habits-of-Amazing-Writers/
http://www.fastupfront.com/blog/Business-tips/35-Business-tips-from-Famous-entrepreneurs/
http://dailyroutines.Typepad.com/
http://www.Trivia-Library.com/c/Weird-Behavior-of-Famous-People-Part-1.htm
http://wehrintheworld.blogspot.com/2010/04/Day-Jobs-and-working-methods-of-Famous.HTML
Tucker is a writer and social media professional living in New England. When not staring into a tiny electric field, it is engaged in wanton acts of stupidity at BadBoozeReview.com and at MargeryJones.com posts daily
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