Comments on: A General Theory of Productivity

By: Christina Crowe

Christina Crowe — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 00:32:09 +0000

Wow, amazing post! I’ve been struggling with motivation and creativity lately, which then decreases my focus and productivity as a whole.

I love how you list links to other articles that will help improve each of the different areas. I’ll definitely give them a look!

I’ve also been enjoying your planners enormously!

Christina

By: fekadu molla

fekadu molla — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 10:46:52 +0000

i have a suggestion on if ,. i believe that when peaple are hihly motivated ,encourged through incentives ,training , the company’s productivity & profitablity will be increased

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By: Charles Gilkey

Charles Gilkey — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:55:36 +0000

@ Arman: Thanks for stopping in and commenting. You’ve got a great blog going – I’ve added it to my reader and will do some more reading in the next few days. Keep up the great work over there!

By: Charles Gilkey

Charles Gilkey — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:48:42 +0000

@ Francis: Keen insight, and I agree with you 100%. I haven’t done such a great job on this blog tying together (habitual) practice with productivity although that’s the way the trees are going. I need to make a post that explicitly ties all this together. Welcome to the conversation!

By: Francis Wade

Francis Wade — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:59:41 +0000

I have a suggestion: our personal habits (or practices or routines) are perhaps THE largest determinant of our productivity.

Familiar ways of acting are difficult to change, and there are specific ways to change them that don’t require a great deal of motivation, aptitude, focus, etc.

In other words, people act out their habits without thinking about them, and this either makes them productive or not. They don’t question them, for a variety of reasons.

There are both physical habits and mental habits, and changing them requires specific approaches that work better than others (as the research into breaking physical addiction is telling us.)

In this way, habits can enable OR detract, and there is no way to be more productive without changing the blend.

– Keep up the thought-provoking work!

Francis Wade’s last blog post..How I Do My Capturing