Reclaiming Productivity with Action That Produces Results for Your Goals

Clearing space for what matters.

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I work from home or a coffee shop.

OK. I work from a coffee shop. Come on; caffeine is my one vice.

Whether you work from home or your favorite legal addictive stimulate dispensary, both places provide major distractions helping us to remain busy, but not productive.

Productivity is the result I’m after.

Recently, I learned from James Clear, do not confuse motion with action. Revelatory! I had never thought of productivity in those simple terms. Motion doesn’t lead to results; the action does.

Most of us stay in motion because it makes us feel like we are doing something, but what we are doing is not in action. To me this means busy work — checking email, twitter notifications, answering calls, texts, and emails. Many of us stay in the safety of motion because taking action means risking failure. Taking action means putting ourselves out there, to be seen, where failure is always the risk.

Here are some of Clear’s examples of the distinction between motion and action.

• If I outline 20 ideas for articles I want to…