Can You Catch Productivity?
Like anything, a little influence and encouragement from people can help a lot. Kelly Forrister at DavidCo suggests that, like social ties affecting obesity, productivity could also be affected by the people you’re surrounded with.
I had someone share in a seminar one time that she was proud to say her email inbox was at zero when she walked into my seminar that day. Another participant shot a remark over at her and said, “Well, then you don’t have enough to do.” How sad that someone who stands out as productive, efficient & organized would be the outcast. I would not be surprised if the person at zero unconsciously adapted her behaviors to match the rest of the group’s disorganization rather than the other way around.
Is productivity contagious? - [DavidCo]
If you had a much more productive environment, full of people who enjoyed and reveled in keeping organized, wouldn’t that increase your own levels?
Well what about all those social networks? It’s not the same as having the people around you and in your workplace affecting your productivity, but it could surely put a positive spin on things.
I’ve been looking at a few groups that focus on GTD. It doesn’t look like heaps is going on within some of them, but if ideas are shared I think it’s worth checking out.
Which would you suggest?
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Kate Davis says on August 22nd, 2007 at 5:30 am
I hope it is contagious. It was suggested to me recently that some people don’t like working for me because I’m organised! The amusing thing is that although I know I’ve come a long way there are many times when I feel that things are getting out of control.
Anyway, I refuse to lower my level of organisation, because it is not going to help me develop my career and it is not going to help the business. Instead I am thinking of offering to share some tips with my colleagues and hope to inspire them.
Helen says on August 22nd, 2007 at 7:44 am
unless you are a true procrastinator, in which case their shiny efficiency makes you feel inadequate, dig your heels in and spend even more time ‘working’ at reading blogs, shuffling papers and ‘researching’.
But really it depends, doesn’t it, on the people - if colleagues are supportive, both of success and struggle, then they’ll offer you a hand up, and you’ll want to applaud their success. If it is competitive and snipy, then you get the situation you describe in the post.
Steve says on August 22nd, 2007 at 10:21 am
I think environmental factors will have some sort of impact on productivity but ultimately it’s up to the individual to be consciously responsible for their own actions and commitments.
I’ve written a great post on this topic entitled, ‘How to Super Charge Your Productivity’
http://www.stephenmartile.com/?p=63
To Being Your Best,
Stephen Martile
Personal Development with NLP
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