Earlier this week, I felt extremely exhausted at the end of the day. It was a super busy day at work.
As I reflected on the day, it turned out that I had accomplished nothing much of significance during the day.
Lots of action, not much to show for it.
Such days are not uncommon for me and, I would guess, for many others working in large organisations.
It would be impractical to call such days totally unproductive or fully avoidable. Every once in a while we have some random tasks to do, an escalation to deal with, an unanticipated deliverable to produce, or a colleague needing some urgent help.
Yet, if such days are becoming common, one needs to take stock and correct the situation.
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Busy-ness is perhaps the biggest ailment of our times.
It exhausts us.
More dangerously, it feeds a false sense of accomplishment when there is none.
Talking to some of my friends from the corporate sector, I sense busy-ness is becoming more common in the current season of lay-offs. Everyone is trying to do something or the other just for the sake of staying relevant and being visible. That is doing more harm than good - both to the individual and the organisation.
Only long term remedy to this ailment is an occasional audit of how your days are spent and making course correction proactively.
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