YOU???
It wasn't until days ago, anytime anyone asks me how i was doing,
I'd say "fine, I've just been so busy lately that i barely Have time for
myself". This reply was the same over and over again that people
would laugh and say "busy doing nothing"! I thought that being busy
was an important thing as i believed that the more busy i was, the
more useful i felt to society.
In many societies today, busyness is an marker if importance, a
character of economic security but it is wrong .The truth according to
professionals is that busyness is an overload. It makes us feel
overwhelmed, we won't be able to think and plan accurately, to solve
problems, innovate, make decisions and control our emotions
because we are trying to get something done,or a lot of things done
and it's to much for us. Professionals believe that it is a sign that we
aren't as physically healthy add we should be and goes a long way in
affecting our psychology.
The type of busyness discussed here is one that we can control. The
kind we actually face in social life, education, career, relationship, as
opposed to the busyness of people living in poverty where they have
to work multiple jobs so as to earn a living.
On the other hand, productivity focuses on being effective than
efficient. If you look through a dictionary, you'd see that efficiency
means "doing steps quickly, correctly; in other words, accurately.
Where effectiveness means doing Steps in the most optimal way". Let
us see an example : after reading this blog post, some would copy
the content and transfer to friends, where others would copy the link
and share to friends. The both set of people got the job done, buy
one is more optimal than the other. An efficient person would copy
the content where an effective person would simply share the link.
That's being productive! Because you'd be sharing just the link and
affording people the opportunity to get more content as the days go
by other than just Sharing the content and it's enough for them.
Productivity however and being busy are clearly interwoven, because
to be productive, you have to be doing something, but the debate
here is, while doing something, are you productive about it?
At times we enroll in some activities which are important to us but
over time we stop, or we don't seem to be getting it right. That is
because all day long, we've been busy about it and not productive.
Take for instance, enrolling into a dance group and for more than four
years, you've gone for rehearsals but never chosen to perform at an
event. That's sad and not the fault of any witch anywhere, but simply
because productivity level is low, maybe because of your schedules
which are tight and other factors like organization and control.
The steps to productivity involves being Organized ,where you will
have to recognize yourself and the things that you love doing, the
things you feel that is in line with your passion and dreams and
really be determined about it.
- Prioritize your actions , apart from career, other things take up the
bulk of our time: like family, friends, relationship, education, religion
and what have you. Therefore it is necessary that you don't just do
things haphazardly or as you please. There are some which are
inevitable and very important, where others are a form of luxe and
can be carried out during spare time.
- And doing what you've planned - as well as doing a review of your
actions if you're going to improve!
This steps can be be applied to all facets of life: education, career,
religion, social, economic etc.
You can be productive in doing anything you find yourself doing. In
school, in class, in choir rehearsals, dances, anything at all. You just
need to discover yourself, use time wisely, and know what you want
to achieve with what you're doing, and how it supports or makes you
feel better about yourselves.
We should remember that everyone of us is born with potentials that
can fetch us success in anytime we find ourselves doing so as to be
valued for the results of our actions.
Be productive today. Not busy. Busy people are valued for effort
while productive people are valued for results. Busy people talk about
all they do to show you how important they are, but productive ones
allow their results to speak for them. Busy people never have enough
time for everything but productive ones do things that are in line with
their goals and missions.
So it's time to answer the question. Busy or productive, which are
you?
If you need help, concerning how to become productive in any way,
feel free to leave me a message and i will do my best to reply you.
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