Comments on: 6 Ways to Improve Quality in Your Projects and Reduce Stress http://www.theprojectweb.com/improve-quality-in-projects-and-reduce-stress/ Resources to Help Small Business and Freelance Web Designers Get the Project Done Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:53:26 +0000 hourly 1 By: Hanna Gancarz http://www.theprojectweb.com/improve-quality-in-projects-and-reduce-stress/#comment-66 Hanna Gancarz Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:56:52 +0000 http://www.clecompte.com/?p=599#comment-66 Good reminder how to keep sanity. Especially about the confidence when client nitpicking drains you psychologically and eats away from your flat-rate quote. Where do you find balance between giving in to not-trained in-design-client's negative feedback, your own approval addiction and striving for high individual quality of web work? Good reminder how to keep sanity. Especially about the confidence when client nitpicking drains you psychologically and eats away from your flat-rate quote.

Where do you find balance between giving in to not-trained in-design-client’s negative feedback, your own approval addiction and striving for high individual quality of web work?

]]> By: Chris LeCompte http://www.theprojectweb.com/improve-quality-in-projects-and-reduce-stress/#comment-65 Chris LeCompte Sun, 21 Feb 2010 04:58:08 +0000 http://www.clecompte.com/?p=599#comment-65 Cool Jay, sounds like you're doing well. And the tip about taking breaks away from the computer is critical. Cool Jay, sounds like you’re doing well. And the tip about taking breaks away from the computer is critical.

]]> By: Jay Kaushal http://www.theprojectweb.com/improve-quality-in-projects-and-reduce-stress/#comment-64 Jay Kaushal Sun, 21 Feb 2010 04:19:31 +0000 http://www.clecompte.com/?p=599#comment-64 Hi Chris, I am a freelance webdesigner and working fromhome and really had to say that I follow almost all the rules you mentioned to beat the stress and stay managed. In this world full of distractions it is really hard thing to focus on the work in hand. I used to grab 10 small and big jobs at a time and then start but it was proving very hard to manage though money coming was real good. Now I started to divide projects into categories like immediate, medium and long category so I can concentrate on the job according to the urgency. Started learning jquery and Flash CS4 so not to loose my confidence and keep updated. I had fixed half and hour to check social media sites as it is a big drainer mentally and physically if you spend lot of time on it. And most important made a habit not to sit before computer more than half an hour in a stretch. This special break had given me so much ideas when I am staring the mountains from my rooftop and keep me relaxed. Great article please keep it up :) Hi Chris, I am a freelance webdesigner and working fromhome and really had to say that I follow almost all the rules you mentioned to beat the stress and stay managed. In this world full of distractions it is really hard thing to focus on the work in hand. I used to grab 10 small and big jobs at a time and then start but it was proving very hard to manage though money coming was real good. Now I started to divide projects into categories like immediate, medium and long category so I can concentrate on the job according to the urgency. Started learning jquery and Flash CS4 so not to loose my confidence and keep updated. I had fixed half and hour to check social media sites as it is a big drainer mentally and physically if you spend lot of time on it.

And most important made a habit not to sit before computer more than half an hour in a stretch. This special break had given me so much ideas when I am staring the mountains from my rooftop and keep me relaxed.

Great article please keep it up :)

]]> By: Kai Köpke http://www.theprojectweb.com/improve-quality-in-projects-and-reduce-stress/#comment-63 Kai Köpke Thu, 14 Jan 2010 07:46:11 +0000 http://www.clecompte.com/?p=599#comment-63 a really great post. thanks a really great post. thanks

]]> By: designfollow http://www.theprojectweb.com/improve-quality-in-projects-and-reduce-stress/#comment-62 designfollow Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:20:21 +0000 http://www.clecompte.com/?p=599#comment-62 great tips thank you. great tips

thank you.

]]> By: Chris LeCompte http://www.theprojectweb.com/improve-quality-in-projects-and-reduce-stress/#comment-61 Chris LeCompte Sun, 10 Jan 2010 17:40:32 +0000 http://www.clecompte.com/?p=599#comment-61 Thanks, Sam! Appreciate the feedback. Thanks, Sam! Appreciate the feedback.

]]> By: Sam Barnes http://www.theprojectweb.com/improve-quality-in-projects-and-reduce-stress/#comment-60 Sam Barnes Sun, 10 Jan 2010 15:45:05 +0000 http://www.clecompte.com/?p=599#comment-60 Really nice post Chris. I can relate to pretty much every part of it from my own experience, especially the initial vanishing of euphoria that's replaced by dread of the pain that's coming your way... but you just crack on. It's great that you realised a big problem was unrealistic deadlines you set yourself... so many people don't learn this lesson ever and really suffer for it! Keep up the posts, pretty much enjoy them all. Really nice post Chris. I can relate to pretty much every part of it from my own experience, especially the initial vanishing of euphoria that’s replaced by dread of the pain that’s coming your way… but you just crack on.

It’s great that you realised a big problem was unrealistic deadlines you set yourself… so many people don’t learn this lesson ever and really suffer for it!

Keep up the posts, pretty much enjoy them all.

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