Category: “Personal Productivity”

Opportunity cost is a concept used in economics to identify the cost of not doing something. It’s the value of the alternative action lost in making a decision, and is usually a monetary value.

As I said in the article Principles of Personal Productivity, one of the most important things to understand in order to maintain good standards of personal productivity is motivation.

If you are a reader of this blog, you may be looking to organize yourself better so you can be more productive, or you are simply looking to expand your knowledge and skills to better manage your life.

If you are constantly fighting to stay awake and alert at work or you dread going to the office the moment you open your eyes in the morning, then you may be experiencing burnout. It’s a phenomenon that can often occur when you no longer have the mental or physical strength to do your current work, or you are so overwhelmed that you feel like you are drowning the second you sit down at your desk.

Some people make the pursuit of productivity a never-ending quest. They keep reading books and articles related to the subject to learn about new methods and techniques, learn about specific use cases and discover what is the latest trending technology in the field. They feel the need to try every app that promises to fix their life.