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Productivity - Effectiveness - Efficiency

Is what I am doing / have done paying off in terms of achieving my goals?

Imagine you are given the task of cutting down a tree.

• Productive is when you throw a saw against the tree over and over again from a distance. You are doing something that goes in the direction of the task, but the chance of reaching your goal with this activity is very low to impossible.
• It is effective when you start to work on the log with a hand saw. You are doing something that brings you closer to your goal, but it takes a long time, is time and effort consuming and the question is whether it is not faster.
• It is more efficient if you get a chainsaw and simply saw off the tree.

What conclusions can you draw from this for your personal actions?

Is what I'm doing really the best and fastest way to reach my goal, or am I just doing anything to feel good about having done something?

Personally, I catch myself in the productivity stage every now and then.

Yes, it's great, you go to bed at night and say to yourself it was a great day, I've worked 12 hours and I'm a bit closer to my goal again. The good feeling of having done something is deceptive, because even if you throw the saw against the tree for 12 hours a day for 1 year, it certainly won't cut the tree down.

How can you tell if you are doing the right thing, or on the right path?

It's actually quite simple: Has anything changed in real terms in the last 4 - 8 weeks as a result of what you're doing? Are you closer to your idea, have you generated new customers, has your account balance changed positively?