Busy Work vs. Real Work

July 8th, 2008          Email This Post        Print This Post

If you tally up your actual working time for the day, it will probably be a pretty solid number. Yet, you may be disappointed with what you accomplished.
How can you work so long, but be disappointed with the results?
It has to do with what you consider “work”. If you answered email, talked to coworkers about current projects, and handled some things that came up during the day - then you haven’t done things with substance.
You probably avoided doing the larger tasks or projects that really count long term (quadrant II). At some point during the day, you probably noticed something you SHOULD be working on, but didn’t put any time in. Spending time on THOSE things - it doesn’t need to be the whole day - helps you to feel that you accomplished something.

Constantly asking “Am I being productive, or just keeping busy?” will help you from getting caught up in busy work. Write it in a place you will see every day!

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