Most of the time when I am late on something it is because I didn't focus 100% on the task to be executed. Your method to work 3 days in a row is not normal for the average human being.
We need to sleep :
- to give a break to our body (p/pc balance read below).
- to think to what we have made (produced) during the day and take corrective actions the day after.
- to find a solution to the problems we didn't solve during the day.
- to (find a good reason).
I come back on focusing. Did you read the books of Uncle Bob ? He wrote. I pay you for 8 hours of good work. Not less. But not more. 8 hours is a lot of time! If you focus on the project, the task that has to be executed. No web browsing for the fun. You turn your phone off. You do not waste your timestime with the non urgent emails. You do not let the people distract you. Believe me you'll see that so much things can be done in 8 hours of quality work!
But effort and speed are not related. It is easy to expend a tremendous amount of effort and make no progress at all. Hell, it's easy to expend gargantuan effort and make negative progress. Effort equates neither to speed nor direction.
I quote Uncle Bob: > But effort and speed are not related. It is easy to expend a tremendous amount of effort and make no progress at all. Hell, it's easy to expend gargantuan effort and make negative progress. Effort equates neither to speed nor direction.
What you have written reminds me of what was also written by Steven Covey. When you work 3 days in a row you neglect the P/PC balance (principle). You produce a lot but to the detriment of your health and believe me that will not last forever!
Read on The Goose and the Golden Egg
Summary. Produce 8 hours of quality work! Sleep what is necessary. This is the way to go.