Before getting into the productivity world, you should clearly define what productivity is and means for you.
Definitions are essential in life because from them, you move into action.
What Productivity Is Not About
Productivity is not about controlling each second of your life.
Productivity is not about suffering.
You want productivity to have a better life. A life of fulfillment that leads you towards happiness.
You’re here to enjoy life, a life of joy. You’re not here to run an endless race to accomplish goals that don’t make any sense.
If you just focus productivity on results, outcomes, goals achieved, and so forth, you’re digging your own crave.
What Productivity Is All About
I state productivity is performing at your best without burning out.
Productivity is a way of doing things to achieve relaxation and peace of mind. When you understand that, you start creating the workflows you need to live that way.
You need to look for apps that help you achieve that nice and desirable state.
Everything starts to make sense.
Productivity is a way to get the best out of your time, aka your life.
A solid productivity system helps you manage any kind of situation without stress, anxiety, or any other negative emotion.
Productivity is about knowing how to handle unexpected events because today’s world is a mess of unexpected situations, out of scope, that comes to your life from nowhere.
Productivity is about having a sense of control over a situation instead of the opposite.
Productivity is about being flexible, open-minded, and smoothly moving through all your data and the huge amount of information you deal with on a daily basis.
Takeaways
- Before facing your PKM and productivity system, ask yourself what you want to get from it.
- Based on that, define workflows that drive you towards that journey.
- Never forget productivity is a journey, never a destination.
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