The Curse of Productivity

I recently wrote a post about how to work from home. I made sure not to say the word productivity once. We have become obsessed with productivity. We spend so much time reading blog posts, buying books, and listening to the podcasts that I believe we are actually becoming way less productive because of it. Everyone is looking for life hacks on how to work harder/ better/ faster/ stronger that no one is getting any work done.

One of my heroes is Gary Vaynerchuk. Hard working does not do this man justice. He crushes everything he does, every single moment of the day. His YouTube channel has video after video of him motivating his viewers to work their asses off to reach their ideal of success. He is so captivating that I could watch him for hours. And that I did. Hours passed, and I continually found myself sitting in front of a blank word document or an unedited photo, and not one thing had been accomplished because I was too busy watching someone else work.

We have mistaken our trying to make our lives more efficient from doing actual work. We are wasting time talking so much about being productive. One of my favorite words is proactive. I want to see action. We can plan and plan and plan and then buy a cute new planner and then plan some more, but if no real live action is happening, it’s all in vain. I’ve stopped reading the blogs. If after first scan there isn’t a list of real actionable tips, then I don’t want to waste time reading it.

I've recently implemented a framework for proactivity that changed the way I strategize work. And, I know you want this for yourself too. I'm feeling called to help other people with this also, so send me a note (brittanny@brittannytaylor.com), or drop into my DMs if you've reached a place of frustration with yourself about not taking action and you're ready to do something about. I think I can help.