From the course: Productivity Tips: Finding Your Rhythm

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Remove the "busy" tag

Remove the "busy" tag

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Remove the "busy" tag

- Occasionally I get asked, what do you think is the biggest obstacle in the way of people becoming more productive? My answer is that it has everything to do with how people perceive themselves. If you ask the average person, how are you going? Most people right now will say I'm busy. Why do people do that? Why do they equate themselves with being busy? What busy implies that they are doing a lot of activity and a lot of activity most people equate with professional success. In other words, if I'm busy, I have more self-worth. I want to change that perception. Busy is another word for ineffective. Your success is not determined by the amount of activity that you're performing but what you're achieving with the time that you're spending and how much free time you have to enjoy those results. Imagine for a moment you meet two people, both make a high income. Come up with whatever number you equate with having a high…

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