Guillermo Sandoval

Haz literalmente cualquier cosa

22 de febrero de 2024

Hay muchas cosas que quiero hacer. Quiero crear, construir, hacer y escribir.

Y luego, por supuesto, hay otras cosas que tengo que hacer, como llevar la contabilidad y responder correos electrónicos.

A veces todo llega a ser demasiado. ¡Hay demasiadas cosas que hacer! ¡Necesito descubrir por dónde ... See more

I remember a McKinsey women’s event where fifteen or twenty young consultants from the San Francisco office sat around a glossy oval table listening to a junior partner speak about her successful ascent. The topic turned to work-life balance, as it always did at such events, and she advised us as follows: If there is a household task where it matte... See more

"I frequently worry that being productive is the surest way to lull ourselves into a trance of passivity and busyness the greatest distraction from living, as we coast through our lives day after day, showing up for our obligations but being absent from our selves, mistaking the doing for the being." — Maria Popova

Productivity systems are procrastination tools for slow decision-makers.

Productivity is not drudgery and chores. It’s your ability to take a vision in your head and manifest it in the real world.

Productivity is also not about working harder and longer. It’s about working more efficiently, which means minimizing waste. Think wasted time, effort, energy, or potential.

Productivity is not some random hacks and silver bulle... See more

It begins to feel as though you’re failing at life, in some indistinct way, if you’re not treating your time off as an investment in your future. Sometimes this pressure takes the form of the explicit argument that you ought to think of your leisure hours as an opportunity to become a better worker (“Relax! You’ll Be More Productive,” reads the hea... See more