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er... what? all of the most productive people I know are terrible at timekeeping and sleeping at a reasonable time. the 'good' ones at timekeeping amongst them
by jheriko 13y ago
er... what? all of the most productive people I know are terrible at timekeeping and sleeping at a reasonable time. the 'good' ones at timekeeping amongst them are routinely 15 minutes late, and they won't go to bed in general until past 12.
there may be some kind of sampling bias... my experience of people who do get in early to work hard - rather than stay late, with few exceptions (two otoh), is that they are not especially productive people anyway...
- DateK 13y agoThere was a saying, which goes something like "If you want something to be accomplished, give it to the busiest colleague." Why is it so?
- Qworg 13y agoSocial proof. Your busy colleague has already been vetted as "someone who gets things done" and therefore has been issued more work.
- marquis 13y agoA productive AND busy person is organized, by definition. Productive OR busy may not get you anywhere.
- larrys 13y agoMy answer to that would be that a busy person tends to work quicker (always on the move because of the pressure of so many things going on) and ends up being more efficient and driven by deadlines. So they can squeeze in an additional amount of work. The person with very little to do should in theory be able to get the work done. But they have no deadline since they have so much time to complete. I guess this thought ties in somewhat with the saying "work expands to fill the time available for completion". This is one reason why deadlines are important. Deadlines force people to take action in order to not miss a deadline. And become very motivating. At least that is what I find from personal experience. When negotiating or making a deal I always use deadlines in order to get people to act on something right away. Otherwise (as once again the saying goes) "time kills all deals".
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