What is Productivity?
One of my favorite personal development bloggers Steve Pavlina has a great post on “What is Productivity?”
Here’re some brilliant excerpts:
Here’s my personal definition of productivity:
Productivity = Value / Time
(productivity equals value divided by time)By this definition there are two primary ways of increasing productivity:
1) Increase the value created
2) Decrease the time required to create that value
And he goes on to explain very usefully his definition of value, and comes to this neat formula:
Value = Impact x Endurance x Essence x Volume
And therefore:
Productivity = Impact x Endurance x Essence x Volume / Time
I would encourage anyone interested in ‘personal development for smart people’ to subscribe to Steve’s Personal Development blog, always thought-provoking and full of good stuff.
Update: I think Paiboon’s comment below adds so much new value that I’m going to include it here in this post. To paraphrase him:
In Wealth Academy, we learnt that Money = Value x Time x Scalability.
Therefore; Money = Productivity x Time Square x Scalability.
Finally, adding in Steve’s formula makes; Money = (Impact x Endurance x Essence x Volume) x Time x Scalability
Interesting. Thanks, Paiboon!
I really enjoyed this post. It’s easy to forget how powerful our physical reactions are! I like your approach here. Especially reminding the reader that we are not always ready for change — though we think we are! I agree that the real failure is letting fear stop us. Thanks for posting this!
Hi Julie,
Thank you for your kind words. I am glad it was helpful! “Coping with Stress” is a part of a series of articles on Stress that I have written, hopefully Life Coaches Blog will be posting the rest. So keep in touch!
Kindest regards,
Karen
This is a great article. I especially like the list of symptoms… some of which a lot of people may not recognize as a sign of stress.
It’s also important to continue with your stress managment activities even when there are no signs or symptoms of stress. Doing this will help you become stressed less often and ward off stress before it even begins.
Hi Jill,
Absolutely, it should be a way of life! Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts.
Kindest regards,
Karen
Hi,
Great site!!!!! Good health is very important with the high cost of medical coverage. We need to have a healther lifestyle by taking care of our health eating and exercising. I am a cancer survivor and I know. Our health is our greatest asset. Keep up the Good Work!!!!!
The physical body does not differentiate between happy stress and overwhelm. Stress is stress. We need to develop coping mechanisms in our daily life to avoid the harmful, physiological effects of stress.