{"id":2754,"date":"2021-08-08T17:59:19","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T00:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/?p=2754"},"modified":"2021-08-08T17:59:21","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T00:59:21","slug":"the-two-parts-of-productivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/the-two-parts-of-productivity\/","title":{"rendered":"The Two Parts of Productivity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I got really into productivity. I read so many blogs and books and tried so many systems that eventually, I had to admit I wasn’t making my life more efficient. I was making it less. Productivity study became my hobby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My understanding of it helps me today. It’s not my hobby anymore. All that learning helps me help my clients to cut thru crap and get more to what they want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All the productivity methods come down to two basic things<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
  1. Feeling like things are completed<\/li>
  2. Getting things completed<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Although most people just come in wanting to do #2, they are both really important to the process. The reason we’re accomplishing is to feel accomplished. The reason people look into productivity is because they feel like stuff isn’t getting done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Getting things completed is actually not a problem for anyone. We can’t not do something at any given moment, so if we’re keeping a list of all the things we did today, it would be the same length every day — super long!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The thing that comes before productivity is prioritization<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    By prioritizing and tracking our goals, we feel productive and that helps us achieve the more important things and that helps us feel more productive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    No productivity system works perfectly because we’re all dingles<\/a>, but the core of the system we choose needs to reinforce our flow (good feeling) and help us accomplish high-priority stuff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    I got really into productivity. I read so many blogs and books and tried so many systems that eventually, I had to admit I wasn’t making my life more efficient. I was making it less. Productivity study became my hobby. My understanding of it helps me today. It’s not my hobby anymore. 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