74: Are You Busy or Productive?

09/22/21 • 11 min

Are you spending time on tasks that aren’t taking you closer toward your goals? Find out if everything on your to-do list is productive work or if you’re adding items to your list that only keep you busy, leaving you stressed out and overwhelmed.

In a culture where being busy is the new norm, the chances are if you’re frustrated at work, many of your days are probably busy days, not productive days. We get into the habit of being busy because we tell ourselves that being busy is being productive, which isn’t true.

Find out how you can go through the process of a productivity audit, why you need to throw away the guilt that comes with being busy, and how to know if the work you’re doing daily is busy work.

Show Highlights

[01:34] My first experience with a time audit

[02:23] Focusing on one task gives you the best productivity outcome.

[03:55] Unproductive work can be tiring and zap our motivation.

[04:51] How to know if the work you’re doing is busy work.

[07:40] Why busy work is more fun and why it’s easy to fall into the busy work trap.

[09:59] Reviewing your data to see where you’re wasting time.

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