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Having a Task List Does Not Make You Productive

To Do ListWhat?

At least someone finally said it!

The thing is, the heart of this statement reflects the classic, busy vs. productive debate.

I would define each term simply:
busy: doing things
productive: doing the right things

Some days, I will work and work and work and (you get the picture) at the end of the day…(drumroll)…the tasks I completed were so minuscule that it didn’t even matter. That feeling, is worse than the i-have-been-on-twitter-all-day feeling. Because instead of getting nothing done (and enjoying it), the wrong things got done and there is still a list of right things waiting for me.

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