The Lie of Productivity

The Problem with Overcommitment

  • Causes stress
  • Broken commitments
  • Work that’s misaligned with priorities
  • Meaninglessness, hopelessness, burnout

The lie of productivity: I can always make more time.

Productivity is not about doing as many things as possible, it’s about doing the right things well. And that almost always means doing fewer things.

ā€œthe more you believe you might succeed in ā€˜fitting everything in,’ the more commitments you naturally take on, and the less you feel the need to ask whether each new commitment is truly worth a portion of your time—and so your days inevitably fill with more activities you don’t especially value.ā€ – OLIVER BURKEMAN, Four Thousand Weeks

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