Productivity

is not getting stuff done. It is getting the right stuff done. and the more you know what is the right stuff the easier it is to be productive.

Start with that question: what really needs to be done and why?

I’m convinced it’s a scale thing.

We evolved for a planet which is delightful, extraordinary and wonderful. We were the right scale for it and it for us. Of course we wanted to keep warm (fire) and we wanted to move things around (wheels) and trading was easier with a universal currency but then…..then….we went to far. Perhaps we should have stopped with Word version 1 and Excel version 1 and the first Mac.

As now-IMHO-it’s getting all too much for many. It’s the Age of Overwhelm.

Is there an answer? Sure. Scale back, one app, one screen, one interrupt, one gadget, one availability, one comfort, one processed food, one Uber too many.

Go take away.

AI Slop Here, There and Everywhere.

Frustrating. Annoying.

But to your advantage: be precise, take decisions and add soul.

You’ll be unstoppable.

Imagine a world

where young children do not physically play. They do not walk, run and jump. They do not ‘work out’ how to cross that stream; they do not build things. They do not ride bikes.

Now add to that a world where they do not need to think, research or judge. They do not even need to be able to type, just speak. They can be ‘safely’ horrible from a distance.

Yes, be afraid. Very afraid. For physical health. For mental health. For spiritual health.

For our gift: planet earth.