Mark Reynolds argues that productivity metrics work for sales and law, but most roles shouldn't be reduced to daily numbers. He says focus on actual results instead, accounting for your health and circumstances.
There's no right amount of productivity for, say, in, like, a specific number that you have to hit each day. Unless you work in a center that's, you know, you've got sales goals or outbound volume or number of patients you have to see, or a lot of accountants and lawyers. We all have billable hours. That's natural. But I think it's a real dangerous way to think about your life. Because at the end of the day, the question I would go back to is, are you getting the results you want? Any number of things you can be dealing with your own personal health issues that affect your capabilities. I think it'd be really, really dangerous for you to get too wrapped into how productive you're being.
