Atsung Sangtam
We’re more than halfway through 2022 and it sure feels like we're busier than ever before. These days it feels like no one has “freetime” to do anything. We run late for meetings, grab lunch on the go, and get home later. Do you feel like you’re struggling to keep up? I can relate, so I'm working on becoming busier but more productive.
The most productive and effective people are those that “enjoy their day” versus letting their day enjoy them. They work to maximize their time to be as productive as possible, not just busy.
“Busy” versus “Productive”
There's a huge difference between being busy and being productive. You can be busy all day and still feel like you’re behind on achieving your goals. Have you ever spent hours clearing your inbox only to crop without having actually completed your goals for the day?
How about clearing 75 % of your long to- do list without getting the two really important things completed? You were really busy, but were you productive?
A Productive Person
I like to think of being productive as moving the ball a few inches closer to the goal every single day. Imagine you are creating a side hustle blog and trying to construct a strong following. You want that blog up and running by Friday. As a productive person you might do the following
Day 1 would include buying a domain name/ creating a website.
Day 2 would be devoted to strategizing your communication and branding.
Day 3 might consist of writing the first blog post, and
Day 4 would be learning how to upload it to your newly designed site.
Boom! This is what it looks like to be action- oriented and result- driven. It might not be perfect, but it’s up and running.
Just a Busy Person
Think of the same script but this time rather of being the productive person you're “busy” in doing something which isnon-productive. The busy person spends all their time doing exploration, trying to learn all the possibilities, creating long to- do lists, and trying to make things perfect before they start. They can spend days with nothing tangible to show for their time and effort. Busy people tend to be over thinkers and they've an unbelievable ability to expand their tasks to the amount of time they've available. The busy person starting a blog would probably take three times the amount of time and effort of a productive person all the while complaining that they don't have enough time to get anything done.
Busy people tend to be great at “lookingbusy” whereas productive people are simply “getting it done.” No wasting time. No dilly-dallying and putting something on a to- do list to just look at later. Consider it done.
How Being Extremely Productive Sets You Apart
Being productive is the core of every high rank achiever in the game. Whether it’s Warren Buffett, Oprah Winfrey, Tony Robbins or Jeff Bezos and also my favourite Jack Ma, they all have mastered their time management and turned extremely productive and results- driven. Being productive versus being busy will be the reason you hit all of your 2022 objectives.
Whether you lean more towards the “busy” side or more towards the “productive” side, don't panic. This is something you can change and get better with over time. We all fall into the busy category from time to time but, during those times, it's important to recognize it for what it's and move forward with action.
Highly productive people are the go- getters of our time making their dreams their reality. They push themselves to be less busy and more productive every day. Try following the simple term of being Productive, yet highly effective and see how it can change your life forever!
To conclude, let me leave a quotation that I always want people to know “Be busy but make sure that it creates something productive out of it.”
