How many otherwise productive days have I tossed on the pyre of mourning for all that I haven't written, read, accomplished, experienced, organized, color-coded, filed, mastered, ironed, toned, acquired or sorted in ascending order of importance?
Next, we analyzed employee productivity; how many hours were paid, versus how many hours were productive.
How many extra levels of non-productive, ludicrously overpaid functionaries does a country need?
How many of them are actually being productive about it?
Over the long run, however, a country's potential growth depends on supply: how many workers it has and how productive they are.
Instead of looking for ways to waste time, see how many little moments you can make productive instead.
But used together they will create in you a mental state that will remain serene, positive and productive no matter how many people around you are pulling their hair out in frustration.
"I was always amazed at how productive he was and how many things he kept going.
I defined myself by what I did during a day: how productive was my garden, how many meals cooked from scratch, how clean my house was.
