Busy Isn’t Productivity Drop Useless Tasks – Day 195 of 365 Days to a Better You

“There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.” The great business guru Peter Drucker penned those words and he’s pegged many of us well.

If you really went through your day with a fine-tooth comb, how much of what you do is not really contributing to reaching your big goals – work goals, relationship goals, life goals?

Henry David Thoreau supported this idea that being busy and getting real things done are not one and the same. “It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: what are we busy about?”

Organizing your emails, your sock drawer, or conducting meetings where everyone leaves with no more of a clue what their action items are is not productive. The email organization may be beautiful when completed. Your sock drawer may save you 15 seconds every morning. You may do killer facilitation of that meaningless meeting. What they all share in common is they haven’t really moved the ball forward for you.

Power hack: Audit your day today. Find those time-wasters and that busy work and remove it from your day, the rest of your week, and your whole calendar. You can achieve greatness with disastrous email filing system, a messy sock drawer, or one less mind-numbing meeting. You can’t be great by not using that time to do things that really move you forward.

Warning! Some of those time-sucks are like comfort food. You feel better with an organized email. You feel like you’re getting stuff done because you’re having meetings.

Measure your outcomes not your activities. Did you achieve milestones that move your closer toward your goals or not? That’s the only measure at the end of the day.

Keep smiling. Keep shining. You are one in a trillion! Thanks for stopping by and for sharing this post.

Ray

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Ray Davis - The Affirmation Spot

I am the Founder of The Affirmation Spot, author of Annuanki Awakening, and co-founder of 6 Sense Media. My latest books are the Anunnaki Awakening: Revelation (Book 1 of a trilogy) and The Power to Be You: 417 Daily Thoughts and Affirmations for Empowerment. I have written prolifically on the topics of personal development and human potential for many years. By day, I write sales training for Fortune 100 company. I began studying affirmations and positive thinking after a life-threatening illness at 25. My thirst for self-improvement led him to read the writings of Joseph Campbell, Wayne Dyer, Deepak Chopra, Neale Donald Walsch, and many other luminaries in the fields of mythology and motivation. Over time, I have melded these ideas into my own philosophy on self-development. I have written, recorded, and used affirmations and other tools throughout that time to improve my own life and I have a passion for helping other reach for their goals and dreams. Ray holds a Bachelor's of Science Degree in Secondary Education in Social Studies from University of Kansas. He lives in Spring Hill, Ks with his wife.

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