When time gets short (for new parents or startup founders, for example) we naturally focus on getting efficient. We can remove extraneous details and distractions and magically get much faster at getting tasks done.
But being efficient is not the same as being productive.
Productive is the skill of getting the right things done, so that we accomplish what we set out to do in the first place. The work that matters.
The world is changing quickly. According to Wired.com, before the end of this century, 70 percent of todays occupations will likewise be replaced by automation. Thats an important fact for both job seekers and businesses to keep in mind. Robots are coming. Are you ready? Businesses of all shapes and sizes are starting to wonder […]
So, if it’s true that to a person with a hammer, every problem looks like a nail, the really useful question is, “what sort of hammer do you have?” At big TV networks, they have a TV hammer. At a surgeon’s office, they have the scalpel hammer. A drug counselor has the talk hammer, […]
You will never be out of work if you can demonstrably offer one of the following: Sales Additive effort Initiation Sales speaks for itself. If you can sell enough to cover what you cost and then some, there will always be someone waiting to hire you. Additive effort is distinguished from bureaucracy or feel-good showing […]
