Monday, July 11, 2016

Effective vs Busy

Monday!  Start of new work week.  I have to figure out all the things I need to do and get ready for meeting in August.  There are always things to do.  I love Peter Drucker's clear differentiation between effective and busy.  Effectiveness is doing the right things.  Busy is doing things right.  Busy give us a sense of accomplishment!  Doing right things take time to figure out and infinitely more difficult to do than doing lots of urgent issues.

Unfortunately, most bosses loved busyness.  They like to see their staff occupied and busy doing lots of work for the business.  When the time is well used or not is secondary.  It also may be the priority to get their own agenda and play politics. 

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