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Keep Yourself Busy for a Better Chance of Getting Things Done

 

Ahh, the list – that nagging piece of paper or software that keeps reminding you of how you haven’t ordered that inspection yet or delivered that closing gift to your latest closing.  A new article, however, suggests that there is a better way to approach your “To Do’s” and that the busier you are, the more likely you are to complete tasks, particularly those whose deadlines have been missed, found Keith Wilcox of Columbia University and his team.  In our business, it is so important to stay positive.   Getting behind is demoralizing, but Professor Wilcox discovered that busier people are better at bouncing back from a missed deadline and are more likely to get the task done — and more quickly. The theory is that while you may have missed one deadline, with other tasks completed and with others on the go, you feel that you are still winning the productivity war.  He suggests being busy (i.e., having a large number of tasks to complete) helps the negative impact of missing a deadline on productivity.  People do not view missing a task deadline as a personal failure when that are busy, and therefore remain motivated to compete it.  This article provides a valuable window into the psychology of productivity.  I might suggest you add reading it to your To Do List – CLICK HERE (sorry, couldn’t resist).  

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