Rushing is a poor and disgraceful excuse for efficiency and gracefulness.

[Eckhart Aurelius Hughes]

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Rushing is a poor and disgraceful excuse for efficiency and gracefulness.

Replace anxiety, stress, exhaustion, and anxious multitasking with calm productive focus, graceful competence, and inspired free-spirited happy non-exhaustion.

Rushing and/or multitasking both cause anxiety and unproductiveness.

I didn't forget to color-code the word unproductiveness as red in the preceding paragraph. That's because I don't recommend productivity, and I don't recommend against being unproductive. To me, productivity-seeking is a neutral thing, like drinking alcohol, weightlifting, or having sex. On those things, I say, to each their own.

But the irony is that it is in the name of productivity that people engage in counter-productive rushing and counter-productive multitasking. They ironically think the misery, exhaustion, stress and anxiety is the horrible price they pay to be more productive, and so they pay it, but the irony is that the opposite is the case: it's lose-lose. Not only do they pay that horrible price, but they get the exact opposite of what they think they are paying for. It wouldn't even be worth that horrible price if productivity was actually obtained for that horrible price, but the brutally ironic reality is that in their desperate seeking they get precisely the opposite of what they desperately seek precisely by desperately seeking it. In life, a good rule of thumb is this: What you chase therefore runs away, and the more more you chase it, the faster it runs away. You often get much further by slow steady consistent walking than wild fast desperate running. And the most graceful among us know how to make it come to you. Seduce more than you get seduced.

Do less better.

Replace anxious rushing with calm graceful efficiency. And replace multitasking with monotasking.


For more on the subject of multitasking vs monotasking, I strongly recommend you read the book, The Smartest Person in the Room by Christian Espinosa


With love,
Eckhart Aurelius Hughes
a.k.a. Scott

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[Surabhi Rani]

Nice thoughts and opinions expressed on 'productivity' in human life. They hail the great values in our lives - 'what is this life if full of care, we have no time to stand and stare.' We need to replace 'anxious rushing' with 'calm graceful efficiency' and replace multitasking with monotasking.

[Sushan]

Love how you emphasize the pitfalls of multitasking and rushing—'What you chase therefore runs away.' It's a powerful reminder that true efficiency comes from calm, focused actions, not frantic juggling.

[Julius Peters]

This is extremely correct. I completely agree that chasing productivity through frantic effort often backfires, leading to stress and inefficiency. True efficiency comes from calm, focused, and deliberate actions, not from hurried multitasking. Quality over quantity is key: doing less, but with greater care and mindfulness, can lead to more meaningful and sustainable achievements.

[Julius Peters]

This is extremely correct. I completely agree that chasing productivity through frantic effort often backfires, leading to stress and inefficiency. True efficiency comes from calm, focused, and deliberate actions, not from hurried multitasking. Quality over quantity is key: doing less, but with greater care and mindfulness, can lead to more meaningful and sustainable achievements.

[Adaboo]

For the past few months I learned that some people are good at multitasking, if it is true then it is worth trying, but if not true, it doesn't mean it applies to everybody. Any results you get in life don't apply to other people. I'm doing a music and learning software development course. I'm doing both and I'm fine. It is a scheduled process, you just practice self-discipline. And I'm a reviewer in onlinebookclub. So you see how I go. Just that your progress will be slow, and you need to be a patient person. But it is difficult though. That's in my opinion, what about you?

[rajesh kumar jain]

Rushing is a poor and disgraceful excuse for efficiency and gracefulness. Sure, it might feel like speeding through tasks saves time, but more often than not, it leads to mistakes, stress, and lower quality work. True efficiency means planning carefully, setting priorities, and tackling tasks methodically. Gracefulness comes from staying composed and paying attention to detail, even when you're under pressure. On the other hand, rushing usually results in chaos, undermining both productivity and the end result.