How Analog Rituals Can Amp Your Productivity

How Analog Rituals Can Amp Your Productivity:

Scott Belsky:

Many admired (and extremely effective) leaders use an analog approach to productivity as a way to stay accountable and feel connected to their decisions around how they spend their energy.

Yes, monotony and routine can be truly wearisome. They transform our colorful, over-stimulated existence into black and white. But a task left undone SHOULD be a burden. If you make your system for productivity too productive, you will become anesthetized to your responsibilities.

While the focus of Scott's article isn't entirely on the topic of routines, allow me to go down that path for a moment. In theory, I despise routines. They rob one of spontaneity and creativity. In principle, if I were to attribute the success I've had in my career to a few key factors, a consistent routine would be on that list. Forcing one's self to repeatedly push through the drudgery of a daily, weekly, or monthly routine does incredible things for productivity.