http://www.dragosroua.com/the-productivity-trap/ The Personal Development Blog Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:20:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=340 http://www.dragosroua.com/the-productivity-trap/#comment-102160 Rayonna Tue, 26 Jul 2011 09:37:04 +0000 http://www.dragosroua.com/?p=1818#comment-102160 What an awesome way to explain this-now I know everytnihg! What an awesome way to explain this-now I know everytnihg!

]]> http://www.dragosroua.com/the-productivity-trap/#comment-88796 Time, Money, Productivity, and Life? Tue, 16 Nov 2010 22:18:56 +0000 http://www.dragosroua.com/?p=1818#comment-88796 [...] Getting obsessed with earning more, more, and still more. * Allowing super productivity to become an obsession. * Forgetting why we chose this course to begin with. * Slipping into the [...] [...] Getting obsessed with earning more, more, and still more. * Allowing super productivity to become an obsession. * Forgetting why we chose this course to begin with. * Slipping into the [...]

]]> http://www.dragosroua.com/the-productivity-trap/#comment-88010 Why the 80/20 Rule Could Make You Less Productive Fri, 08 Oct 2010 04:32:16 +0000 http://www.dragosroua.com/?p=1818#comment-88010 [...] You can’t mix apples and oranges as much as you can’t mix work and leisure. And productivity geeks are usually ripe for fluking at this: they treat leisure time as non-urgent–non-important. And then, relaxing with friends, mowing the lawn or playing with your kids is delayed or canceled to just work a little more in Quadrant 2. Your relationships degrade, your home turns to a mess and you become just a workaholic (NY Times). You have fallen to the productivity trap. [...] [...] You can’t mix apples and oranges as much as you can’t mix work and leisure. And productivity geeks are usually ripe for fluking at this: they treat leisure time as non-urgent–non-important. And then, relaxing with friends, mowing the lawn or playing with your kids is delayed or canceled to just work a little more in Quadrant 2. Your relationships degrade, your home turns to a mess and you become just a workaholic (NY Times). You have fallen to the productivity trap. [...]

]]> http://www.dragosroua.com/the-productivity-trap/#comment-80056 77 Tips For Starting An Online Business » Walter Uribe Sun, 17 Jan 2010 00:49:17 +0000 http://www.dragosroua.com/?p=1818#comment-80056 [...] you get so caught in a productivity trap that you lose sight of the long term goals. You work so hard and so organized that you can’t see [...] [...] you get so caught in a productivity trap that you lose sight of the long term goals. You work so hard and so organized that you can’t see [...]

]]> http://www.dragosroua.com/the-productivity-trap/#comment-78684 33 Blogs To Read in 2010 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 08:37:30 +0000 http://www.dragosroua.com/?p=1818#comment-78684 [...] was quite surprised when Leo from ZenHabits left a comment on my blog this year. It took me a while then to realize that even A-listers are just people, like [...] [...] was quite surprised when Leo from ZenHabits left a comment on my blog this year. It took me a while then to realize that even A-listers are just people, like [...]

]]> http://www.dragosroua.com/the-productivity-trap/#comment-77610 77 Tips For Starting An Online Business « Walter Uribe Sun, 27 Dec 2009 18:02:27 +0000 http://www.dragosroua.com/?p=1818#comment-77610 [...] you get so caught in a productivity trap that you lose sight of the long term goals. You work so hard and so organized that you can’t see [...] [...] you get so caught in a productivity trap that you lose sight of the long term goals. You work so hard and so organized that you can’t see [...]

]]> http://www.dragosroua.com/the-productivity-trap/#comment-71480 Ways to get and keep yourself motivated « Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:41:12 +0000 http://www.dragosroua.com/?p=1818#comment-71480 [...] not how much you do, but how much of it really matters. Doing stuff just for filling up notebooks with tasks won’t make you feel motivated. On the other [...] [...] not how much you do, but how much of it really matters. Doing stuff just for filling up notebooks with tasks won’t make you feel motivated. On the other [...]

]]> http://www.dragosroua.com/the-productivity-trap/#comment-67086 33 Ways To Get And Keep Yourself Motivated Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:02:49 +0000 http://www.dragosroua.com/?p=1818#comment-67086 [...] not how much you do , but how much of it really matters. Doing stuff just for filling up notebooks with tasks won’t make you feel motivated. On the other [...] [...] not how much you do , but how much of it really matters. Doing stuff just for filling up notebooks with tasks won’t make you feel motivated. On the other [...]

]]> http://www.dragosroua.com/the-productivity-trap/#comment-66422 77 Tips For Starting An Online Business Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:29:17 +0000 http://www.dragosroua.com/?p=1818#comment-66422 [...] you get so caught in a productivity trap that you lose sight of the long term goals. You work so hard and so organized that you can’t [...] [...] you get so caught in a productivity trap that you lose sight of the long term goals. You work so hard and so organized that you can’t [...]

]]> http://www.dragosroua.com/the-productivity-trap/#comment-63025 dragos Sat, 29 Aug 2009 13:42:44 +0000 http://www.dragosroua.com/?p=1818#comment-63025 The frustration of not doing "enough" is so dangerous that I really think it creates pathological effects. Been there, done that, not anymore, thank you :-) The frustration of not doing “enough” is so dangerous that I really think it creates pathological effects. Been there, done that, not anymore, thank you

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