You get distracted and become busy instead of being productive. You dedicate your skills and capabilities to the work that doesn’t count. That’s when you get sidetracked by the illusion of work.

Though outcomes can’t always be controlled, if you work the right way, occasionally keep refreshing your methods and habits, then you can have the odds on your side.

We don’t always act on what we read, and neither can we do what we aim to do within a certain period of time. Rather, it’s about how we mold and prepare ourselves in the long to by accepting tiny changes and making them a permanent part of what we do.

If you find yourself lacking in some aspects of your work and get dissatisfied with yourself, then learn to be fine with those flaws, since you can always get better later.

The truth is, you might lose the actual purpose of whatever you do if you try too hard to make it right. Being thoughtful about productivity is alright, but if get too obsessed with it, then it will start affecting you negatively.

Don’t be so concerned about becoming productive that productivity itself becomes an obstacle to your work.

Every bit of effort you put in your work must be worth it. It must make you better. Because, if it doesn’t, it may not be worth doing as well.

If you say that you have no time to reflect on your methods, to manage your schedule, or to review your habits, then you’re just trying to hide your carelessness by pretending to be busy.

Stop wasting your energy, time and resources. If you’re doing something, make it matter. What’s the point in slogging all day and yet remaining undervalued?