How to KILL your productivity

<p dir="ltr">If you wonder why everything made is defective, why everybody makes so many mistakes, why nobody can concentrate, why people seem stupid, and why productivity sucks, here is the very simple answer: according to recent research reported in Business Insider, the typical person checks their smart-phone at least 2,617 times a day. Also, 72% of people grab their phones immediately after waking up. </p> <p dir="ltr">In a 16-hour day; hours awake, there are 960 minutes. That’s all. If the stop, check something on smart-phone, re-start other activity requires an average of only 10 seconds (which I doubt), then 436 of the 960 minutes are now consumed by the smart-phone. 46% of a person’s day. Nearly half. </p> <p dir="ltr">The attention span of ferrets is falsely maligned. To ferret (verb) means to tenaciously search something out, named after the ferret, used in Europe to hunt rabbits, because of their ability to concentrate and pursue. The single-mindedness of the Willy Wagtails in my front yard is equally as fascinating. The ones readying for spring work diligently, systematically covering the entire area, unearthing nuts or twigs, etc., taking them to their under-construction nests. If there is a strange noise, they can freeze in place for many minutes, listening. If Willy Wagtails checked their smart-phones 2,617 times a day, they’d never breed, be extinct or be eaten. </p> <p dir="ltr">American entrepreneur and author Jim Rohn said you can erase the mystery of the highly successful person by following them around all day, every day for a week. </p> <p dir="ltr">You’ll say: wow, look at EVERYTHING they do. </p> <p dir="ltr">My bet is you won’t catch many disrupting their days checking their smart-phones 2,617 times. Not part of everything they do. You really have to decide whose behaviour to adopt. If the goal is exceptional success, adopting behaviours of the typical person or typical company, is likely a bad idea. Let’s be blunt: the typical person in general, in your industry, in your circle of family