Comments on: The Key To Extreme Productivity: Total Immersion

By: Arsene Hodali

Arsene Hodali — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 23:13:35 +0000

In reply to Freedom. Glad you liked it. You can't always be certain that people will get your point, but when they do (you for example)... wow.

By: Freedom

Freedom — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 09:26:45 +0000

This is a great post Arsene. When I look back over the big successes in my life, I see that this was in large part due to the fact I was Obsessed (or as you say Totally Immersed) with getting a particular set of tasks done, regardless of what the ramifications were. Whether I was missing out on certain key social events, or being made fun of for studying too hard, or whatever, I remember carrying on despite these non-trivial obstacles, and eventually succeeding on a large personal scale.

So what you’re saying has certainly been true in my past experience: Total Immersion/Complete Devotion IS the ‘ultimate cheat code to life’ (I love this term by the way!), but, as you say, you have to be willing to sacrifice everything else for your Goal, whatever it is, and not many people are willing to do that eh?

Again, great post.

By: Sam

Sam — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 09:53:21 +0000

Hey, how’s your polyphasic sleep trial going?

By: Sam

Sam — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 09:53:00 +0000

Hey, how’s your polyphasic sleep trial going?

By: Arsene Hodali

Arsene Hodali — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:13:15 +0000

In reply to Stefan | StudySuccessful.com. Good point on the comfort and productivity issues. But I think William Shed said it best:

“A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for.”

Rarely anything good for you is comfortable.

By: Arsene Hodali

Arsene Hodali — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:13:00 +0000

In reply to Stefan | StudySuccessful.com. Good point on the comfort and productivity issues. But I think William Shed said it best:

“A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for.”

Rarely anything good for you is comfortable.

By: Stefan | StudySuccessful.com

Stefan | StudySuccessful.com — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:04:46 +0000

Sounds pretty cool, but I’m not sure about the total immersion thing.
I’ve recently wrote a post about multitasking versus hard focus, and I’m thinking hard focus definitly works for almost everybody, but it doesn’t bring comfort to their lifes.

People just want to do more things at the same time, it is their nature. This could be a bad thing, but if you combine related tasks and do them together, it might work out pretty good.

Anyway, nice article, dugg it.

By: Stefan | StudySuccessful.com

Stefan | StudySuccessful.com — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:04:00 +0000

People just want to do more things at the same time, it is their nature. This could be a bad thing, but if you combine related tasks and do them together, it might work out pretty good.

Anyway, nice article, dugg it.