{"id":5612,"date":"2024-01-02T10:14:05","date_gmt":"2024-01-02T14:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/pw1-two-hats-for-productivity\/"},"modified":"2024-01-02T10:14:05","modified_gmt":"2024-01-02T14:14:05","slug":"pw1-two-hats-for-productivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/pw1-two-hats-for-productivity\/","title":{"rendered":"PW1: Two hats for productivity"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Welcome to 2024. Back to work, here we go. So it\u2019s Productivity Week on the blog.<\/p>\n

Productivity is the measure of the output (value) we get for the time or money we spend.<\/p>\n

Two hats for productivity:<\/strong><\/p>\n

When I\u2019m clearing my inbox, responding to comments in a doc, cooking lunch\u2013these are chores.<\/p>\n

Chores are the backbone of industrial productivity. We can check them off, measure them and see them stacked up.<\/p>\n

Most of the time, most of us do chores. Finding a way to do your chores more productively is quite leveraged, and you can put it to use right away.<\/p>\n

The other hat, though, looks very different.<\/p>\n

This is the hat of initiative.<\/p>\n

Finding a new problem to solve.<\/p>\n

Looking for new tools.<\/p>\n

Asking questions when we\u2019re not sure there\u2019s even an answer.<\/p>\n

Launching a new project that might not work.<\/p>\n

When staring into the bottomless hole of initiative, chores are tempting. Because they put us back on firm footing.<\/p>\n

Neil Gaiman has a simple solution for writer\u2019s block: He puts himself into a room where there are absolutely no chores to do. No sites to check, no emails to answer. Nothing productive is available except for initiative.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s hard to wear two hats at once.<\/p>\n

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