I am a high D personality that likes to get things done. So over the years when things get tough, I tend to just work harder and try to push through it. Now I have come to realize that sometimes taking a walk in the middle of the day may be the most productive thing I could do. Smarter not harder is the game changer and Liz Ryan has an excellent post:
“The biggest problem with workplace productivity is mental. We think about productivity all wrong. We think that if we can tick three or five more items off our To Do list, we’re really doing a great job! We measure, value and reward the wrong things.
We praise people who work the fastest, instead of the people who work the smartest. That’s a big mistake!”