{"id":1222,"date":"2020-05-20T10:26:28","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T08:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serengeti.pepwebdigital.hr\/?p=1222"},"modified":"2021-01-04T15:51:29","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T14:51:29","slug":"busy-or-productive-which-type-you-are","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serengetitech.com\/de\/business\/busy-or-productive-which-type-you-are\/","title":{"rendered":"Busy or productive - which type you are"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

People like being busy \u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It feels like you have things to do; you have a purpose. You are in-demand. The thing is -- this is also true:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the hardest lessons to learn is that \"busy\" does not equal \"productive\".
Josh Pigford, Founder of Baremetrics<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Ultimately, an individual and a business need to be productive. Not just busy. And usually in order to move from \u201cbusy\u201d -- i.e. lots of task work, meetings, spreadsheets, updating -- to \u201cproductive,\u201d where you are developing new products and revenue channels and growing the business, you need some form of help. This can be new employees, consultants, outsourced teams, or a few other concepts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the first question of the equation is: How do you know that you are too busy and need some help?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Some people just keep going fast and pushing themselves, even though they are mostly taking on more busy work. This can lead to burnout<\/a>, and being burned out definitely will not <\/em>make you any more productive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Right now, we are living in a tough global business environment. There is a health pandemic that could potentially affect millions. Teams are dispersed around the globe trying to be in sync and productive.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Companies need to focus on priorities and be as productive, and streamlined, as possible. That means putting aside busyness. But that\u2019s hard for companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How do they know when it\u2019s time to get some help?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We are going to do this in two parts: this article is a more general look at how to move away from busy work to more productive work -- and how to know the types of tasks and projects it is OK to outsource or work with an external partner on.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s meet a U.S. President first; Dwight Eisenhower<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was a President of the United States (for most of the 1950s). He was also a successful General in the U.S. Army during World War II. Overall, a famous guy and well-respected leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also is credited with developing something called \u201cThe Eisenhower Matrix,\u201d<\/a> which looks like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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