Does changing location increase productivity?

April 6, 2010 by Ryan
Filed under: General Marketing

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So I’m going to be pretty honest.. I haven’t really done much since affiliate summit west this year. I met a lot of people at the summit, old friends, new friends and a lot of amazing people in general. During the convention I drank way too much alcohol and my head was ringing most of the time. As an affiliate and a publisher 2009 was great for me and 2010 is off to a great start. Here is some of the money I brought to play around with while I was there… I managed to bring most of it back with me too which was awesome!

vegas cash 2010

I’m sure everyone knows why I have 2 bricks of 1,000 in dollar bills… newho ;->

Since coming back from Vegas I haven’t spent much time in my office actually working. I’ve done a little bit of work sure and my programmer has been working hard developing some long term applications that I hope will do very well. It’s sad and pathetic but when I’m not out getting crazy with my friends, riding my waverunners or watching movies… I’m sitting on the couch attempting to do some work, most of the time only to be distracted by a private message or an interesting something on facebook. I’m really starting to realize that the couch is a very unproductive work environment for me.. it may really help some people increase their productivity but I have a feeling for the majority of us it’s really not a good idea.

So the question is.. what changes can I make to increase my own productivity? Here is what I have considered so far…

Start working in my home office again, at my desk
Adjust my work schedule, very early morning or late night
A coffee shop, the beach, or even the library for a couple hours each day, change my environment and location
Motivation, a work out or physical stimulation that requires little brain activity
Contract more work and spend my time managing it rather than doing it, to make sure it gets done

Over the next few weeks I’m going to really give it a go and try them all. My house should be done with the remodel within 2-3 weeks and I’ll be moved in… my first home and the fact I have no mortgage really should help me relax and enjoy my work. What motivates you to excel in your work? I find sometimes I let myself discouraged and since I don’t need the money to survive it allows me to slack off instead of being productive like I should be doing each and every day.

Another thing, kind of off topic… a lot of my money I’ve made online has been from direct marketing efforts that requires work consistently rather than collecting traffic from SEO or previous link building efforts. Right now I’ve been working on different ways to make extra money using organic SEO that will bring me steady idle income even when I don’t feel like being productive. You can really retire when you continue to make money on work you did in the past.

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