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The Productivity Equation
Productivity = Useful Output/Time x Fun Factor
The more output we generate, the more productive we are; also the less time it takes to generate it, the more productive we are. But we should give our energy the useful things - there no point in being productive if we are not productive about the right things. And when your tasks are fun, they no longer feel like work.
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A Mental Model For Productivity
The plane, pilot, engineer analogy - these are the roles we play in a day:
- On pilot mode (10-15% of our time): This represents the time of the day the when we have clarity and we decide where we want to go. The pilot sets the course/ the directio...
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The Evolution Of "Productivity"
- Back in the Industrial Revolution context, productivity was translated into the amount of production per factory or per worker for a given day.
- These days the discussion revolves more about personal productivity and it relates to how much w...
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The Fun Factor In The Productivity Equation
It's very important to make our productive tasks enjoyable.
When the activities we are focusing on are pleasant to us, the fun factor influences our outputs and the the time we take to make them. Plus, we no longer have to worry about motivation, c...
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Productivity defined
Being busy and always moving through tasks is not the same as being productive.
Productivity is getting the results you aim for with less time and effort. When you are productive, you won't be chasing deadlines or running behind schedule to get done. You'll probably be ahead of schedul...
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