“You’re efficient when you do something with minimum waste. And you’re effective when you’re doing the right something.”—Tom DeMarco
I believe most of the challenges in the workplace—my own included—are due to focusing too heavily on the former: improving efficiency.
And that adding more slack into our days, following the 80/20 slow down rule from yesterday’s post, will allow us to be more creative, purposeful, and impactful. By slowing down, we get to spend more time answering the effectiveness question: what is the right thing to do right now?