Inputs and Outputs

Not so long ago in the distant past, starting out as a analyst within a high-billed consultancy group which prided itself of speed, i got quite the initiation. There was an emphasis on communication speed. You were measured on how quickly you responded to client, how the day had to end with a communication of all outstanding items, and escalations to the principal on the engagement.

Personally, i have very mixed feelings about this model. I personally preferred a long-from thought and an informed response over speed. This was met with a very negative feedback from some of the leaders that prioritized inbox-zero and very fast responses over details. Some of these habits have followed me over decades, and things like inbox-zero still continue to haunt me in my dreams. It is quite fascinating how some of the lessons from early in your career right out of college get embedded and entrenched deep into your operating model.

The constant jump from tasks to tasks is a productivity killer. And this whole context switching has shown to kill focus, increase stress, and reduce your quality of work. This from 2022 summarizes that one-task at a time lights up the whole brain under an MRI, but split/multi tasks resulted in different parts of the brain works seperately on the different tasks. Essentially highlighting the fact that you are going to result in all of the negative effects without the positive impact of a fully delivered output.

No secrets here. Everyone understands that multi-tasking kills productivity, but the world seem to be wired for more and more interuptions. TikTok, YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels, Facebook videos, X/tweets, reddit, and all of it are built on keeping your thoughts divided. I think of solutions but nearly everything in my mind wants and craves this short and exciting immediate content. It is a consistent push from all angles to take away from time and focus, without time restriction or complete elimination the only option is output.

Shipping products is the only way. Shipping prodcuts on a consistent timeline. Shipping products personally and professionally, and keeping this as the true benchmark is the path forward.

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The tags main and section had me thinking about output what is meaningful, and what can standalone if someone picked it up seperately and read it. Progression into more funcitonal tags, i feel like I'm crossing some sort of threshold.