Being busy isn’t necessarily something to brag about. It’s not a virtue. In fact, it may well be a failing if you’re busy doing things that aren’t important.
It’s better to be productive than busy.
Being productive means you’re producing. Creating value for yourself and others. It means you’re not simply in motion, you’ve got to something to show for your efforts.
What do you want to produce? What results do you want to achieve?
Not someday, now. You can have dreams and long term goals but life is lived in the present, so what do you want to do today?
What are your priorities?
You should be able to cite a few things that you are focused on, and only a few. Because if there are more than a few, it can’t be called “focus”. When everything is a priority, nothing is.
“If you have 3 priorities, you have priorities. If you have 25 priorities, you have a mess,” one writer said.
You may have heard it said that you can do anything you want in life, you just can’t do everything; there isn’t enough time. Fill your day producing things that are important to you, your family, and your clients. If you do that, you will have a productive and happy life, even if you’re not that busy.
