The Lie of Productivity
The Problem with Overcommitment
- Causes stress
- Broken commitments
- Work thatās 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, itās about doing the right things well. And that almost always means doing fewer things.
āthe more you believe you might succeed in āfitting everything in,ā 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 timeāand so your days inevitably fill with more activities you donāt especially value.ā ā OLIVER BURKEMAN, Four Thousand Weeks
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