Where Does The Time Go? — Experiment No. 6 | Raptitude.com You are young and life is long And there is time to kill today And then one day you find Ten years have got behind you No one told you when to run You missed the starting gun ~Pink Floyd, “Time” Something big is brewing. Life has been telegraphing this particular development for a while now, but last week I was smacked with a stroke of clarity about it, and now it is happening. I am undertaking a massive goal. It’s the biggest goal I’ve ever had. You may have noticed a conspicuous absence of posts about personal productivity here on Raptitude. When it comes to personal productivity, I blow. I am not lazy. In September I wrote about the problem that has been stifling me since childhood: self-sabotage. Where does the time go? I have my suspicions, but honestly I’m not entirely sure, and that’s what this experiment is all about. My work rate is probably in that range, and that’s pathetic, but it also means there is tremendous room for improvement. The method is simple. The Terms Purpose Method
The Magic of Doing One Thing at a Time - Tony Schwartz by Tony Schwartz | 8:53 AM March 14, 2012 Why is it that between 25% and 50% of people report feeling overwhelmed or burned out at work? It’s not just the number of hours we’re working, but also the fact that we spend too many continuous hours juggling too many things at the same time. What we’ve lost, above all, are stopping points, finish lines and boundaries. Technology has blurred them beyond recognition. Wherever we go, our work follows us, on our digital devices, ever insistent and intrusive. Tell the truth: Do you answer email during conference calls (and sometimes even during calls with one other person)? The biggest cost — assuming you don’t crash — is to your productivity. But most insidiously, it’s because if you’re always doing something, you’re relentlessly burning down your available reservoir of energy over the course of every day, so you have less available with every passing hour. I know this from my own experience. 1. 2. 3. 1. 2. 3.