275 : Activity Is Not Always Progress

Do you know the difference between 'busy work' and progress? Make sure your activities count with a low-friction weekly review.
275 : Activity Is Not Always Progress

Being busy feels safe, productive and fills your day. But is your task list helping you make progress?

Knowing the difference is critical.  

Real progress mostly comes from a small number of key actions. A decision that removes friction. A conversation that unlocks movement. A deliverable that force multiplies your work. These actions are hard. They create tension. So you postpone them and default to ‘busy work’. 

Try this question in your weekly review: What changed because you showed up this week?

If the answer is “nothing”, you were busy. Not effective.

I try and pick at least one progress action each week. This week I worked on automating a key report that will help the main part of my job. 

Clarity exposes progress.

What did you do last week that genuinely changed something?

The Stuff

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