Alright. What are we optimizing for? Productivity? Or the end-goals of any of: achieving more, climbing the corporate ladder, making more money, etc..? As year

Alright. What are we optimizing for? Productivity? Or the end-goals of any of: achieving more, climbing the corporate ladder, making more money, etc..? As years go by, I realize more and more that productivity is only a small part of the equation. Even more, it's a 'metric' that if increased past a certain threshold, it actually provides diminished returns in the grand scheme of things (basically working more for less results). What I found to be the perfect (for me) solution is to maintain a stable and consistent productivity but be really REALLY picky about what I'm working on. Trying to improve my productivity was something I was doing in my early 20s and It's often a trap as it's conditioning your mind to be brave about taking on more work. Nowadays, that's something I actively avoid so that I focus all of my energy on stuff that actually matters. Thorough the years this has proved to be a way better way for me to be successful in the work environments I've passed through...