Too often we confuse activity and movement with accomplishment and fulfillment.
I've worked in the public, private and nonprofit sectors, and people tend to confuse activity and results.
That's time I could use to get things done". But usually this is simply confusing activity for productivity.
So, you can confuse activity of the star, usually related to the magnetic fields of the star and the rotational rate of the star, with an actual planetary signal.
(His work looks different to an onlooker, who expects work time to be filled with meetings, phone calls and emails. Au contraire, he doesn't want to "confuse activity with productivity"). In the late afternoon he goes for a long run or rock climb, again to clear his mind.
When people asked him for his "secrets" of success, Wooden would invariably say one key factor was that you never want to confuse activity with accomplishment.
Do Not Confuse Activity with Success - The hype that currently surrounds gamification is deafening and the press is full of stories of companies that are leveraging this trend.
Relying on metrics such as number without a measure of quality like the impact factor, allows those that confuse activity with progress to prosper at the expense of those who push back the boundaries of ignorance.
But the judge wrote that Mr. Sands confused his activities at various Disney sites after it was revealed that the bags he would have seen at the plaza were dark plastic, not clear plastic as Mr. Sands described.
"Like everybody else, he is very confused by activities around the club at this point time.
