Comments on: Open Thread: Working the Long Weekend? http://www.corporateidealist.com/2009/09/open-thread-working-the-long-weekend/ Hope for Hardworking Heroes Fri, 14 Nov 2014 11:17:21 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Monday Motivation: Don’t Work TOO Hard | Corporate Idealist http://www.corporateidealist.com/2009/09/open-thread-working-the-long-weekend/comment-page-1/#comment-1036 Monday Motivation: Don’t Work TOO Hard | Corporate Idealist Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:51:21 +0000 http://www.corporateidealist.com/?p=763#comment-1036 [...] is a holiday for you, as it is for most of our readers, use this day as you choose. You can even choose to work a bit, to get a leg up on your workload and your [...] [...] is a holiday for you, as it is for most of our readers, use this day as you choose. You can even choose to work a bit, to get a leg up on your workload and your [...]

]]> By: Courtenay Rogers http://www.corporateidealist.com/2009/09/open-thread-working-the-long-weekend/comment-page-1/#comment-987 Courtenay Rogers Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:47:32 +0000 http://www.corporateidealist.com/?p=763#comment-987 I will be working, as I do every weekend. Thing is, I love my job. I get to meet new people and try to do so in any situation I am in, be it social or official. I will be working my booty off as I run a 5K on Monday to raise money for the Mercy Children's Clinic in Franklin. I am running with my 61 year old dad who is probably in better shape than I am. I look forward to weekends, but as a small business owner, I never really stop working. Good thing I love it:) Happy Labor Day! I will be working, as I do every weekend. Thing is, I love my job. I get to meet new people and try to do so in any situation I am in, be it social or official. I will be working my booty off as I run a 5K on Monday to raise money for the Mercy Children’s Clinic in Franklin. I am running with my 61 year old dad who is probably in better shape than I am. I look forward to weekends, but as a small business owner, I never really stop working. Good thing I love it:) Happy Labor Day!

]]> By: David Ledgerwood http://www.corporateidealist.com/2009/09/open-thread-working-the-long-weekend/comment-page-1/#comment-983 David Ledgerwood Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:03:02 +0000 http://www.corporateidealist.com/?p=763#comment-983 It's hard to imagine not firing up the laptop at some point every weekend. If I spent more time in an office I would definitely work on Monday. Right now I'm hoping for weather that will make working on the deck reasonable. How many individuals who are taking Monday off do you think actually measure their daily routine against the "getting ahead of your competitors" paradigm? I would imagine in the entrepreneurial community it's high, but I bet a huge percentage of people are thrilled to *not* work. Even entrepreneurs likely don't get a leg up on anyone except their largest rivals who don't even know they are plotting their domination just yet. You definitely have to have a long term mindset about your work to be able to add up those extra hours over time and see a difference in your outcomes vs. other companies. It’s hard to imagine not firing up the laptop at some point every weekend. If I spent more time in an office I would definitely work on Monday. Right now I’m hoping for weather that will make working on the deck reasonable.

How many individuals who are taking Monday off do you think actually measure their daily routine against the “getting ahead of your competitors” paradigm? I would imagine in the entrepreneurial community it’s high, but I bet a huge percentage of people are thrilled to *not* work. Even entrepreneurs likely don’t get a leg up on anyone except their largest rivals who don’t even know they are plotting their domination just yet. You definitely have to have a long term mindset about your work to be able to add up those extra hours over time and see a difference in your outcomes vs. other companies.

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