Today when going through my RSS feeds I found a really interesting article to act upon those creative ideas that pops up sometimes (in my case usually when brushing my teeth, taking a showing or observing people on the street). Five tips for making ideas happen. The title was intriguing enough to get my mind going. Some of the things mentioned here are of course as always was of course kind of obvious but there is always something to pick up or learn.

Working in a high pace internet company sure has it perks such as interesting people, creative and fascinating work, nice benefits (not that many people can play rock band or ping-pong on daily basis :)). But even so with all that is going on in the office and being constantly online on social networks it is sometimes really hard to cool down and really hard concentrate on a problem that needs are to be solved without being interrupted. What I realized when reading the article above is that I am one of those that fallen into the reactionary workflow. Even though I am very good at managing my own time and get things done (but how I achieve that is something I plan write about in another post). Maybe it is not really that surprising how many ways of communication and things poking on our attention all day but sometimes we need someone to put it right in the face to realize what needs to be changed. I now clearly see this is something I can improve.

Shutting down all IM apps, email, open social networks, and mobile phone sure seems tempting. The question is how much the colleagues would like that, considering the need for communication among the team during the day. Just one way to find out.. If nothing else, I think this is something I will try to apply in my spare time.

How do you make sure that you get your things done, both in work and in private life?