Why Being Productive is Overrated

Getting more done isn’t as important as doing the right things

Derek Reinhard
New Writers Welcome
4 min readMay 14, 2022

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It’s no secret that being productive is a coveted skill. We are constantly bombarded with messages about how we need to be more productive and get more things done, “work smarter, not harder.” But what if being productive isn’t all it’s cracked up to be? What if getting more done isn’t as important as…

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Derek Reinhard
New Writers Welcome

Writes quirky life, productivity, and relationship stuff (uses the Oxford comma). Author of 3 books on GTD and a couple coloring books.