I have a question for you? How busy are you these days? Now, here's another question... How productive are you these days?
As most of us know, the two just aren't the same. All too often, being busy may have nothing at all to do with being productive.
Most of us spend our days, often very long days, in a flurry of activity. But, when the day or week is over, we're disappointed at the level of our accomplishment.
Our disappointment creates stress and we push ourselves even harder to "get more done." But pushing hard isn't the answer.
What is?
Well, in my experience, a sense of priorities based on a clear purpose and well-defined short- and long-term goals are what one needs.
The world is full of individuals who are definitely in motion, but they're not exactly sure where they're going and they don't know why, either. Maybe they get going so fast that they never take the time to figure it out.
If that is your situation, I strongly urge you to set aside some time for personal reflection, some personal values clarification and goal setting.
If you don't know where you're going chances are that no matter how busy you are you'll never get there.
There's nothing like a well defined goal along with a Positive Attitude, to turn being busy into being productive.
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