How productive were you today? Do you know? Did you track it? What method did you use? A to-do list? A pomodoro timer? I’d bet you were really really productive. I bet you got a lot of things done and checked off all those little boxes right? So here’s a different question…did any of it matter? Sure, you were productive…but for what purpose? To what end?
I think many of us forget to ask that last question in our day to day lives and work. As a society, we’ve been so focused on how to be productive that we’ve developed an endless stream of strategies and tools to make it easier. This exploded further in 2020 and the following years as the pandemic created a national and global shift towards fully remote or hybrid work. A shift that, I hate to break it to you, isn’t going to go away.
Resources
https://www.etymonline.com/word/productivity
https://www.zarvana.com/new-productivity-definition-that-wont-burn-you-out/
https://www.oecd.org/sdd/productivity-stats/40526851.pdf
https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/a-brief-history-of-productivity
https://prezi.com/d7swdmdturqy/us-economy-in-1600s/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Z49g-A2AQI
852 - Dealing with Rejection
851 - The Abuse of Quiet Firing
850 - The Dark Side of Productivity
849 - Student Loan Forgiveness
848 - Get Better at Communication
847 - A Better Way to Track Your Fitness (ft Raffi Chilingaryan)
846 - 3 Things to Avoid
845 - What Not to Do
844 - Mindfulness Meditation
843 - Don't Stop
842 - Habit Replacement
841 - Must, Should, Want
840 - The Importance of Why (Excerpts From The Book)
839 - Begin Boldly (feat. Christie Hunter Arscott)
838 - How to Take Strategic Risks (feat. Christie Hunter Arscott)
837 - How Can We Fix Gender Equity? (feat. Christie Hunter Arscott)
836 - This is A Game You Can't Win
835 - A Simple Approach to Saving More Money
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