Being efficient actually holds you back
Posted by jpluimers on 2020/06/16
A while ago, over some period of time, I found a few related posts on being efficient optimising time management, on both professional and personal levels. Fully going the “optiomal” usually isn’t that a good thing.
Basically, you need slack or idle time. Plenty of it. That improves your agility too.
- [WayBack] Why time management is ruining our lives | Oliver Burkeman | Technology | The Guardian: The Long Read: All of our efforts to be more productive backfire – and only make us feel even busier and more stressedVia [WayBack] Why time management is ruining our lives | Oliver Burkeman – Marjan Venema – Google+ (who is an excellent coach).
- [WayBack] Why trying to be too efficient will make us less efficient in the long run – The Verge: Edward Tenner explains the efficiency paradoxVia [WayBack] Kevlin Henney – Google+
- [Archive.is] Your non-linear problem of 90% utilization – @ASmartBear – WP Engine: Does it feel like everyone is working very hard, all the time, and yet accomplishing 1/10th of what it seems they should? Maybe this is why.[WayBack] “This isn’t about servers, it’s about you. It’s about how your “busy” life is not only diminishing your own productivity, but how your whole team is bri… – Marjan Venema – Google+
–jeroen
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