Better productivity and still no time

We have been improving our time management, productivity, accountability, focus, efficiency, and many other supposedly vital life activities, yet amazingly we have less time to do things that matter.

No matter how much more productive we get, unless we change what we choose to do and in what order, then we still will struggle to have to time to do what we’ll want to remember at the end of our journeys and that won’t be more work.

turn it all upside down and plan your day around the things that matter first, like health, exercise, family, friends, adventures, alone time, meditation and so on and then be productive with the time left to do work and chores.

The gun to the head

We all have this feeling that we do our best stuff under pressure with a gun to our head.

To some extent there is truth in this, we do need deadlines to keep us focused.

However, rushed work is never going to be our best work.

The best work takes time, patience and being able to spend time concentrated on that one piece of work and that one bit of work only. That means shutting ourselves off, preparing and being able to work deeply.

We can not work deeply with a gun to our head.