As I write my next book, Burnout to Brilliance I’m reflecting on the impacts of our busyness.
Busyness is fashionable, we wear busy like a badge of honour. It means we’re needed, valuable and productive. This attachment to busy has become a marker of our self-worth and we cling to it.
It’s this difference between busy and productive and they don’t mean the same thing. In fact the busier you are the chances are the less effective you’re going to be.
It’s why I’m passionate about teaching the concept of slowing down to speed up and the difference between busy and productive to help us perform at our peak and be our best without burning out in the process.
Today I'm exploring the different types of busy and what they lead to. Whilst busyness has been made fashionable it presents in different ways and therefore varying impacts.
At it’s best it’s a healthy busy that equates to performance but most often this is not the case. We’re too busy overdelivering, trying to prove ourselves because we lack confidence and fear we’re going to get found out. We have a pressure to know all the answers which keeps us busy chasing after perfect outcomes. Or we’re just the kind of busy that thrives on chaos, being needed and wanting to do it all so we can complain about the stress we’re under. This ends up in burnout and under productive performance but at its worst becomes overwhelm, avoidance, and procrastination. We can be so worried we’ll fail we don’t even try, or the pressure to know more stops us from making the smallest progress or making a start. Or we’ve got problems we’d rather avoid so busyness becomes a great distraction!
What type of busy are you? When we understand why we behave the way we do and what the resulting impact is it’s the first step to doing something about it. This is what I help people with on my programmes and workshops.
To find out more why not book a free no obligation call with me and let's chat about how I can help you go from burnout to brilliance.