Being busy has somehow become a badge of honour. The prevailing notion is that if you aren’t super busy, you aren’t important or hard working.
The truth is, busyness makes you less productive.When we think of a super busy person, we think of a ringing phone, a flood of e-mails, and a schedule that’s bursting at the seams with major projects and side-projects hitting simultaneously. Such a situation inevitably leads to multi-tasking and interruptions, which are both deadly to productivity.
The truth is, busyness makes you less productive.When we think of a super busy person, we think of a ringing phone, a flood of e-mails, and a schedule that’s bursting at the seams with major projects and side-projects hitting simultaneously. Such a situation inevitably leads to multi-tasking and interruptions, which are both deadly to productivity.
Dr. Travis Bradberry is the award-winning co-author of the #1 bestselling book, Emotional Intelligence 2.0, and the cofounder of TalentSmart, the world's leading provider of emotional intelligence tests and training, serving more than 75% of Fortune 500 companies. His bestselling books have been translated into 25 languages and are available in more than 150 countries. Dr. Bradberry has written for, or been covered by, Newsweek, TIME, BusinessWeek, Fortune, Forbes, Fast Company, Inc., USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and The Harvard Business Review.
This is my view.
The above article came into my inbox this morning from Linkedin,the website that seems to have established itself as the preferred choice for professional networking.
So why do we associate busy people with success?
And- Who was it that said ''If you want a job doing quick , then give it to a busy man'' ?
Well if you Google that question you come up with a plethora of names attributed to that saying - anyone from Benjamin Franklin to Lucille Ball.
And some people would say
'If you really want a job doing quick, then give it to a busy woman'
Several years ago I had a business partner who always seemed to be very busy and was always doing some important deal and juggling several tasks at the same time, well that's how it looked to anyone observing him.
The truth of the matter matter was, he was very good at making lots of noise and getting the ball rolling but far too busy to control where the ball was actually going. Hence he always crashed the car and ended up in a ditch-needing a bail out.
He was merely re-shuffling his fathers well earned fortune, the same fortune that had paid for his place at Eton and his wine account at Cambridge.
We often here people talking about a work life balance, but in today's world of Austerity , Welfare cuts and Tax credits do any of us have the luxury of a work life balance?
We may all be very busy for some for time to come.!
We may all be very busy for some for time to come.!
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