Productivity obsession is toxic. It prevents you from accomplishing more in a given day.
Explained with an example 🧵⬇️
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As an example, let's take the aspect of note taking and calendar apps. There are THOUSANDS of them.
Which one do you use? Which one has the best software? Which one will make you more productive? Should you use few of them at the same time for ultimate productivity?
These are the wrong questions to ask. They are irrelevant, and they are distractions.
The time you spend between searching for the "best app", learning how to use them, compulsively trying each feature with the illusion of optimization, and switching back and forth between few of those is wasted time.
It is time that should've been spent doing actual work.
When you give more importance to the tools and processes instead of the actual work and results, you are almost certainly doomed to fail.
@JeffBezos had an astute understanding of this.
- "Good process serves you so you can serve customers. But if you're not watchful, the process can become the thing."
What to do instead? Pick a good application and stick with it. 90% time it will serve 99% of all your needs.
In addition, the magnitude of productivity gained from trying different software is minuscule.
Trying to organize your notes? Pick any note taking app. 95% of the value gained is the note taking itself. The remaining 5% is inconsequential.
Don't spend 95% of your time trying to optimize that 5%.
If you get stuck on a productivity loop, you will never escape it. Pick your tools and start work. Your time is valuable, don't waste it.
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