The underlying problem with a lot of folks isn't that they aren't productive enough. They've got plenty of trait Conscientiousness - working hard and getting th

The underlying problem with a lot of folks isn't that they aren't productive enough. They've got plenty of trait Conscientiousness - working hard and getting things done isn't the problem. The problem is pairing it with too much trait Agreeableness. If you can easily work hard and you easily say yes to other people's demands, you'll always be busy sating the insatiable hunger for more work at your expense. The solution isn't to become a better worker, though there's plenty of advice for how to do that. The fix is to learn how to avoid doing things not in your interest. For fairly obvious reasons of self-interest, there aren't many people out there telling you to look out for number one. Especially for people with self-interested and highly authoritarian parents that taught their children to live up to a high standard and not push back against their demands.