Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Debunking Productivity Myths «
WebWorkerDaily: "There are so many available tools and resources on productivity that it’s bound to make one crazy. I confess that I was one of those productivity addicts who subscribed to all the GTD and lifehacking blogs out there, downloaded all the tools I could find, and signed up for every new Web 2.0 service. I lived almost a year of my life doing that, and it’s a wonder that I didn’t get a heart attack."
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I enjoy reading articles like this one, because they allow me to feel like I am taking the right path in organizing my time, and on occasion they give me advice and techniques so that I can do so more efficiently. I'm one who feels that if I'm not doing something productive, I'm cheating myself, so it's nice to be reassured that it is okay to relax every so often during the day.
I especially liked how this article mentioned that neatness or cleanliness are not the same as organization. Things can definitely be neat but disorganized, and for some, organization can appear as chaos. I think the effective placement of daily tasks into the parts of your day where you are most productive is also a good way to get the most out of your day, with pleanty of time remaining for "randomness"
I agree with Teddy. The idea that everything needs to be neat to be organized is really silly. Although I do admit I probably spend more time than I need to using organizational tools. The point is that whatever works for you is the right tool, and you don't need to follow someone else's system.
I have said before, I believe that all organizational skills are useful as long as they actually help the person using them to save time. I firmly believe that the only person that will be completely efficient by using one system is the person who created it. Everyone else must collect the information that is out there and create a system of their own.
I think the most important point in this article is that everybody should find the system that works for them, individually. I've always been highly suspicious of standardized systems, i.e. fad diets, etc. I think that those will not work for everybody, and that it's just an easy way out. The real challenge is finding what works for you, and it is also what will be most beneficial. Don't buy into a fad, find out what you need and do that.
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