Why "busyness" is not productivity

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Are you being productive of just filling up your day with busy work?

A Business Roundtable study found that after just eight 60-hour weeks the fall-off in productivity is so marked that the average team would have actually gotten just as much done and been better off if they’d just stuck to a 40-hour week all along. And at 70-or 80- hour weeks, the fall-off happens ever aster; at 80 hours, the break-even point is reached in just three weeks. Studies on this subject conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics , U.S. Department of Labor, Proctor and Gamble Company, , the National Electrical Contractors Association, and the Mechanical Contractors Association of American produced similar results. All of them showed that continuing scheduled overtime has a strong negative effect on productivity, which increases in magnitude proportionate to the amount and duration of overtime.

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18 Experts’ Advice on How To Be More, Do More & Have More

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Awesome round-up from some of the most inspiring people on the web right now.  Pay attention and take notes.
 
 

Take time to pause, and reflect. Make this a daily habit, and use this time to consider whether you’re adding too much into your life. Often we add things thinking we can handle it, but in reality a new commitment or project means a lot of time and effort, and less time for other things that might be important. So things like family, friends, health, creativity and solitude get pushed back as we add new commitments. Simply pause, and consider whether simplifying wouldn’t be a better route.

Read  the full list at lifeonthehighwire.com