Being unproductive is not a one-time blunder. Allowing yourself to be ineffective once will only trigger more moments of idleness and, before you know it, your work becomes pointless.
The easiest thing in the world is to be unproductive; allowing yourself to think that tomorrow will be a better day or to start your sentences with “what if” instead of “let’s do it” are clear signs of a trait which spreads fast and breeds problems of all sorts. Being unproductive is the ultimate antonym of success.
Just like highly successful people, unsuccessful persons have habits that push them towards becoming a certain type of person: lazy and less prone to succeed. One of the secrets that successful people follow conscientiously is that they never skip meals. Without proper nutrition, energy decreases and productivity is non-existent, which is why successful people always remember that taking care of themselves walks hand in hand with taking care of their job responsibilities.
Forgetting to take breaks is another habit which belongs exclusively to unproductive people. While successful persons never miss a break to clear their thoughts and recharge their batteries, non-productive persons can work as much as eight hours without looking up from their computers. Structure is also a highly important factor which characterizes a successful existence, but which lacks from the disorganised lives of the highly unproductive people. Also, multitasking is not seen as a beneficial trait by successful persons, because it lowers the quality of power and boosts the lack of focus.
Unproductive people are not usually aware of the mistakes they systematically make, because their traits are deep-rooted. Still, it is important to spot them and understand why working hard is not as good as working in a productive manner.
Tomorrow is a better day!
Unproductive people assume that if they could not solve their problems today, tomorrow will miraculously get better and the issues will disappear. They forget that working on today is more productive than waiting to see what tomorrow brings and postponing duties and projects that could hijack their jobs or even their entire career.
Live in the box
Thinking outside the box is easy, but being proactive and living outside the box is the hardest thing for unproductive people. They constantly lie to themselves and pose in the perfect person, when in reality their actions are non-existent. Non-productive people talk the talk but forget to walk the walk.
Never admit failure
Highly successful people know that success cannot be achieved without tasting the bitter failure. However, unproductive people do not have “failure” in their vocabulary and hate to admit that they are anything less than perfect.
They insists that the failure of a venture, a business or even their career has nothing to do with them and think that success springs from an unblemished professional and personal life.
Boredom surrounds them
Unproductive people are always bored. Nothing can cheer them up, because they have lost the sheer pleasure of getting things done. They feel indifferent and they do not care about colleagues or friends and not even faking kindness appeals to them.
Each project is a part of you
If you cannot wait to get things done and head home, you are not offering your projects the attention they deserve. Highly successful people know that each of the projects they accept mirror their seriousness and dedication, which is why flawlessness can only be achieved if attention is offered exclusively to one task at a time.
They do not set goals
Unproductive people never set goals, which is why they can never check a task and set higher aims. They live from day to day and ignore aspirations or dreams. Nothing convinces them to think further than tomorrow.
No personal life
In life, it is highly important to know where professional life ends and personal time begins. Non-productive persons believe that one cannot have both lives and choose to either immerse in work and forget about the people around them or discard the professional life and take care exclusively of their personal existence, without knowing that they match perfectly.
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