#012 Productivity isn’t Just About Getting More Stuff Done

Have you ever measured your daily productivity by how many tasks you checked off your to-do list, only to end up feeling drained and somewhat unsatisfied by the end of the week?

Yup, I’ve been there too. But have you ever questioned why that is?

I think it’s because we’ve been sucked into the trap of thinking productivity is just about getting things done.

Spoiler alert - It isn’t!

So if productivity isn’t about getting a shed load of stuff done, what is it about? Well, that's what we're going to uncover in this episode.

(This episode is based on an article originally published here: https://planningwithchloe.substack.com/p/the-productivity-myth) ______________________

SUPPORTING RESEARCH: Energy demands limit our brains’ information processing capacity
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2020/aug/energy-demands-limit-our-brains-information-processing-capacity#:~:text=We%20know%20that%20the%20brain,for%20our%20mind%20to%20process.

Selective Attention Test / Inattentional Blindness (the gorilla thing ;-)

Multicosts of Multitasking
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7075496/

The Role of Positive Emotions in Positive Psychology (Broaden and Build Theory)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3122271/

Feel-Good Productivity: How to Do More of What Matters to You by Ali Abdaal
https://amzn.to/48W5Mdr (*affiliate link)

The Gap and The Gain" by Dan Sullivan and Dr Benjamin Hardy https://amzn.to/46AcWC9 (*affiliate link)

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I'm cheering you on friend!
Chloe x

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