Comments on: 12 Key Tips for Successfully Working Alone.

By: Dan Curtis

Dan Curtis — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 17:19:15 +0000

@Adrienne Mason. Thanks, Adrienne. Great advice about getting up and out of your chair. We all need to put this into practice more. Do you work at your “tread desk” at other times of the day?

By: Adrienne Mason

Adrienne Mason — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 16:24:40 +0000

Great advice, Dan. Re. the chair. After suffering with some editing-induced neck pain, I was at the chiropractor asking for advice on an ergonomic chair. I’ll never forget his response: The best ergonomic chair is the one you get out of. I had a timer on my desk for years, which I set to ring about every 50 mins. or so. When it rang, I would get out of the chair and do something – walk around the block, stretch, sit ups … something! Now I get on my “tread desk” for a quick walk at the beginning of the day (I’m on it now) and then I’m back on at the top of every hour during the news cast. No more neck or hip pain!

By: Dan Curtis

Dan Curtis — Wed, 12 May 2010 15:08:37 +0000

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By: Dan Curtis

Dan Curtis — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:37:18 +0000

@gondreauonline. Thanks!

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gondreauonline — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:13:09 +0000

Nice list of key points!

By: Dan Curtis

Dan Curtis — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:29:59 +0000

@Amanda Kuhnert. Glad you enjoyed the post! A little trick I use to keep from obsessing about e-mail is to turn off the “reminder” chime. Silence is golden! Thanks for your kind comments. Always good to hear from my readers.

By: Amanda Kuhnert

Amanda Kuhnert — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:05:05 +0000

Hi Dan. I really enjoyed your post today. Creating a work schedule is such a good point … I am a little obsessive about checking my email and will get bogged down in a project as a result … at inconvenient times. Thank you for maintaining such an informative, well-structured blog. Always a pleasure.

By: Dan Curtis

Dan Curtis — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:03:25 +0000

@lizbowen. I’m glad you found this post helpful. I can relate to the shoes story. My mind tends to idle in slippers. I think there’s a direct connection between my intellect and my feet.