Focus on being productive instead of busy.
The way we measure productivity is flawed. People checking their BlackBerry over dinner is not the measure of productivity.
There are two synergistic approaches for increasing productivity that are inversions of each other: 1. Limit tasks to the important to shorten work time (80/20). 2. Shorten work time to limit tasks to the important (Parkinson's Law). The best solution is to use both together: Identify the few critical tasks that contribute most to income and schedule them with very short and clear deadlines.
There is always more information than attention
Doing less is not being lazy. Don't give in to a culture that values personal sacrifice over personal productivity.
I do not equate productivity to happiness. For most people, happiness in life is a massive amount of achievement plus a massive amount of appreciation. And you need both of those things.
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