Efficiency: An underdiscussed key to career sucess and personal satisfaction

This is the fourth in a series on underdiscussed keys to career success and personal contentment. The first was on titration: In each situation, consciously deciding how intense, effortful, intellectual, etc. to be. The second installment was on gaining resilience. The third was on the art of making others feel good about themselves.

In my PsychologyToday.com article today, I turn to efficiency. Much has been written about time management, but the focus is usually on prioritizing and procrastination. A less discussed component of time management is efficiency: how a person tackles a task once s/he has decided to do it.