Unproductive? You’re probably just bored

It’s hard to be productive, when your work bores you.

It’s hard not to be productive, when your work inspires you.

Try this

When you’re feeling unproductive, look at your work and determine what part or parts aren’t inspiring you. That’s where your productivity answer is. Make it more interesting. Change or replace the uninspiring stuff, with exciting, engaging alternatives.

Sometimes it’s as easy as doing your work from a different location, using different hardware, using different software or using different pens, etc.

When work is inspiring, productivity is no longer an issue. Because inspiration brings it’s own motivation.

Unproductive? You’re probably just bored was written by Jim Connolly and originally published on Jim Connolly Marketing



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