Topic: Know the difference between being busy and being productive. (Read 169 times)

Thanks to OP for the valuable information. I relate to the matter 100% because for the most part of 2023, I was just busy and unavailable rather than being productive. But since I don realize my mistakes, I don dey focus more energy into very specific activities with the aim of being net productive in those activities in the long run. The issue of busyness vs productivity dey very similar to the talk about person fit wey dey build in silence fit still dey build nonsense. Incase anybody is wondering how I managed to fix my busy vs productivity problem.

It's simple. I used the good old pomodoro technique.

The time varies as most times I do 60 minutes focused work time and 10 minutes break afterwards. Or 30 minutes in with 10 minutes break. It doesn't really matter as long as you get work done in whatever time period you set. If you do it long enough till it becomes a habit, it's a real gold.

You cannot be really successful by engaging in many activities at the same time, there's no such thing as jack of all trades and master of all, it's almost not possible, concentrating on many things will lead to loss of dedication to any of them in particular, like you will just be floating on them all. If you try giving your concentration to one in order to maximize your returns there, you might find out that you're immediately distracted by another process, which will lead to abandoning the present task and focusing in another entirely different one and reducing your productivity in the first one. It's high time we know that jacks of all trades are masters of none, you need to just select few careers to concentrate fully on, if not just one and you give it your all and all. You will likely see more positive manifestations in it rather than focusing on many things and being grounded in none.

It is called specialized knowledge. It is never enough just knowing the surface of a career or business, you need to dive deep, learn the thing as if everything depends on it, become expectational and be able to increase your value in it. Specialized knowledge is not just any type of knowledge, its in-depth and undiluted knowledge about something. let me remind us that a lot of people are into virtually everything we set our mind to do, but the measure of the quality of services delivered differentiates average people from specialists. Strive to be a specialist in your field and the reward will immediately start locating you. one thing you should know again is that you are not paid for what you know, instead you are paid for the value you add with what you know, so the relevance of productivity can never be denied in all reckoning. with specialized knowledge you possess a great value and that value will be rewarded every time you dispense that it on things you handle.

   Some people just dey unnecessarily engaged with too many activities, all sake of say Dem wan survive through the economy. The dangers wey dey for the whole stress are very much invisible but wetin man go do as dey go always talk. Survival is not a do or die affair, it's one journey that should be taken bit by bit. Yes, being versatile is essential, being a jack of all trades too is encouraged but there has to be a particular area that should be majored on. You can't major on all at the same time. It'll only drain you more time than expected.
    Life is to be taken step by step, it's definitely a gradual process and it should be one that should be taken with care. Weigh your options and yourself, find a place you fit in, put in yourself, expand your horizon in that area, work on it, then petch your feathers in other linking or related areas just for emergency purposes because there may be a time when those minor aspects would be needed. Productivity is very much essential and one should work towards it. It'll only be possible to be productive in major area. You can't be productive when you're not majored in something, no one beats about the bush and expects a positive outcome. One should set his compass and walk in the right direction too.

As you explain and break am down like this , e make sense well well because for this country like this so many people no actually know their worth again because they don diverse or should I say divert all their energy put for somewhere wey no go dey productive as the focus no dey.

So many people no understand say na when all the energy don dey focus for something wey dey good at nai productivity go come dey because if you waist time thinking say you go make by doing plenty things without being specialized in a particular thing then I believe all sef fit be in vain as quality no go dey your work.

It is not good to be Jack of all trade and master of none, so as OP talk e good say make we de prioritize our needs in the order of dem importance. Meaning say no matter di pressure for your work place, make you first concentrate on di one wey you de effective pass, so you go fit de productive at di end of di day. No be how far but how well, so in order to give your best, make you no come de busy for nothing without quality output or productivity, na to face di work wey you sabi pass. If you be carpenter no go de do electrician work, because at di end of di day, all your busyness and efforts go be in vain.

Funny to hear the story of that lecturer but e they very relatable. This life no be who they busy pass they achieve more. We fit they they do things from morning till night but if we checkout we no achieve something serious. Ah done work for one design company like that. Wey i suppose do case study for their portfolio, my brother i work on one project for complete on month and you say the manager say all those things wey i do no they right because ah no use the right company document use do the thing. Normally e pain me well well because i get to start afresh they do am again.

But you know wetting i understand nah miscommunication cause that thing. E they very bad wey be say we wan do something and we no get the right information or direction we fit end u doing wetting they no go accept. This topic done bring us up to the matter of being inquisitive and making more findings on whatever we want to do so that we will do the right thing at the end. Because i know say if we achieve only one thing correctly e better pass 5 things wey no they in line with weting we suppose do.   Having the right information's is necessary for being productive.

When I been dey school dat year, e get one lecturer wey dey always dey busy but him no dey achieve anything. Like as him dey from my year one na so him still dey until I graduate. I no know him life outside the university walls if e dey okay but his appearance no change like person wey dey touch money. People like dat plenty for this country, you go see dem busy for nothing and yet dem no dey go far.l for life.

I wan take this discussion out of the office to our normal life as we Nigerians we sabi busy for nothing as we no dey give ourselves breaks that's why you no fit see the average Nigerian's dey chill out or take vacations. Na always work, work work, no be say the money no dey but we believe in been busy always. Make we dey value productivity ahead of been busy the meaning of productivity dey the name so make we dey do things wey go make us dey productivity and not just busy.


If we just dey do busy all the time, at the end of the year we go see say nothing come out. In any activities wey we dey do, look for things that can make you productive and not just busy. We need to change the mindset that being busy is equivalent to being productive. Also make we dey more selective of the kind business or job wey we dey do because there are some jobs that just keep you busy without making you productivity. Been productive affect your general life so the more productive you get in your job or business, you go begin see other differences for your life.

Bro the way you talk am so, e nor easy like that oo, I don even try to make post per day just to try to meet up, but e nor dey work according to my plan most times, because the kind of work wey I dey do, na electrical and most times na 9 or 8pm naim I dey close based on say na me dey run am and I no wan dey spend money for transport any how, and by the time wey I go come back, na to just baff chop come sleep wattin no good. The next morning again if the work still remain na just go finish the remaining one before I go fit get chance focus for this this forum, so for my own side e nor dey easy at all, I nor know about others, but my schedule dey very tight and most times I nor dey fit dey achieve my target for the day.

Involving in activities that will bring value and profit, ask someone how was your day they will reply with hectic day at work but yet with zero value and productivity.
The fact is some people don't know how to manage their time and they find themself doing everything at thesame time confused and no good result.
Sometimes even with all this people still find it difficult to be productive so let's say success lies in the mind cause some people will always put the effort to be productive and yet nothing to show, maybe they don't listen to instruction they feel what they're doing is the best, but someone with a productive mindest cannot make it without work, so both are very necessary, even in our daily life we all want to be productive but without work how can we accomplish it.

It all sums up to being real and truthful to oneself. Know when you are doing the right and know when you're not. You can be jumping here and their and people will think you are doing heaven and earth and at the end of the day their is nothing I write hole about.

It's very necessary to set out what you are supposed to achieve every day and apportion a particular time of the day you should have achieved each of the outlined work so it gives you an idea if you are having a productive day or not.

If you have a well planned day and you follow it up to the latter, you might not even be seen to be working seriously hard bit your results will do the talking for itself.

Nija people normally de like make people see them say them de work very hard when in the end nothing come out for wetin them even de do. E just de like those people when he beg break block for road use am beg money, for their mind them dense busy o? Even when their business no de bring any productive results

Bring productive in any of our doings na wetin we suppose to dey look into, no be just to do the thing den conclude say we don finish make we get peace of mind den create leisure time. The time don pass for that kind one, as they talk am say "Anything ought to be done, is considrarely worth to be done well".
Most people just go about doing nothing and spend all day without achieving anything, why some person go out and you can see an evidence to which they left the comfort zone.
We should know that being busy at all times does not guarantee any form of bringing productivity as sometimes without proper knowledge and understanding the required result is not met and all the effort is not met. We should try to spend time to learn and understand the in nd out of every idea we have as to bring productivity and not just busy for nothing

Bro, I know as em dey be, its sometimes overwhelming all the posts you've to make to get paid. You need to still understand that these posts of yours should add value to the forum and not just to complete your posting target. You're trying your best and I commend you because it isn't easy at all. You need to break the total posting down to sections of the day you'll be making them. Like spread it across the day, set alarms to remind you of completing those tasks before you do any pleasurable thing like chatting, going online to watch videos and other things we do for relaxation. I tell you honestly, if you analyze your daily activities and see how much time you waste, you'll be shocked. Try maximizing your time to accommodate your quality activities in the forum. I tell you sincerely, I had that challenge starting up my campaigns cos I wanted to still be making quality post, but target no gree me, I struggled and it made me default in my post count which led to @cryptopreneurbrainboss removing me from his first campaign. I've now spread my posts across my morning and night schedules to be able to meet up and also do quality. Set milestones and achieve them accordingly. That's productivity at its apex.

There are some factors that make human not being productive, and these factors are:
1) lazyness
2) procrastinating
3) lack of concentration
4) taking unnecessary things as top priority
5) it doesn't matter after all who cares.
And many others. When you always have this thing's on mind you will definitely not be productive. And it can lead to sack in some place of work. it can also not make you to grow in whatever thing you do in life.
The moment we beging to know our lapses the better for us.

My brother no be small thing oo, some times na we just dey deliberately dey act busy and we nor dey do any new thing to make our selves dey productive. I no go lie you since I join this campaign wey I dey so, to sit down make better constructed post wey go benefit others, and this thing dey disturb me, no be say na me just choose to stop oo, I believe two of una know how e be, although no be do or die to make the full number of post, but man need money, and apart from this forum I still dey do electrical work, wey dey make me no dey too get chance to settle down make better post for this forum or local board and because of that my merit nor dey move like before again.

Then when we dey talk about being productive generally I support wattin Richbased talk when e talk say person gat look back to wattin e done achieve and set goals to make more achievement, because without goals e just be like say, na anywhere breeze blow naim we sef dey go. So to set goal na very crucial thing for any body wey dey strive for success or productiveness.

To me the reason why some persons are unproductive is because they don't give in their best in what they do like they don't really care whether it turns out well or not their concerns is just on how the job can be done without checking if the job was done thoroughly. Just like here in bitcointalk forum there are persons who rushes to make comments on posts without checking if they are really passing out an information to the next reader and people that does this most are those of us that are working under a signature campaigns. You will believe with me that some persons here just because they wanna meet up the weekly posts target that will enable them to get paid by the signature they are representing have made most of our members here to care less about making quality and constructive posts all we want is just to rush posting so that the weekly target can be met.

For someone to become productive, you need to have an overview of a work you have done like analyze the work and check if there are things you still need to add or corrections you need to make in other to pass a comprehensive information to the next person that is assessing your performance. It is necessary for us to give more value to quality rather than quantity as those are the ways one can become productive and also been seen as a productive person by others because whatever thing you're doing in life, eyes are watching so if you do good they rate you good then if you decide to do bad they will also rate you as a bad and unproductive person.

I have noticed that most times, we're busy and overwhelmed with a lot of things we have to do. We often have a lot of tasks to perform at work, home, social settings, mentorship and a lot more. Most times, the challenge of getting all these done leads to a burnout and at the end we end up not  being very productive. The fact is that most of us are just busy with Lots of work and never productive.

Being productive is all about how much value you were able to add to the system or setting after a period of time, what and what could you deliver?. For example, let's say you've five (5) things to do at the office like attending to 200 mails, contacting some clients, doing some paper works, supervising some junior colleagues and having two scheduled meetings online with your superiors. Its possible to try attending to all at the same time, or jumping from one task to another and when its time to give feedback to your superiors, there's nothing tangible to account and its as though you never attended to any as there was no tangible value added or handed over to the next person despite  all your hard work and stress working for hours.

The key to being more productive its breaking down several tasks into little blocks that can deliver a value to the next person or department. Prioritize your tasks and set milestones that must be achieved before moving to the next important task. Do your tasks one after the other in order of their priority in your list. There are tasks that should come before others as finishing them will pass value to the next person or department who will continue from where you stopped and boost overall productivity.

The MVP(s)  (minimum valuable product) can help you to think in a more productive manner. MVP its simply to identify the little set of features of a big project that can be delivered to your superiors or inspectors which can satisfy the early consumers/clients/processes within the shortest possible duration. So the little things that can add value should be outlined and concentrated upon.
Do things one at a time and always try to finish one task on your priority list before moving to the next. This is the way to delivering value wherever you're and makes you productive instead of just being busy without achieving anything spectacular.

We should try at all times think and act in a productive manner as success and positive impact is a measure of your productivity and not just how busy you're.