How Do Productive People Do It?
This article is written by and republished with permission of Dr. Carla O’Dell, chairman for APQC.
Why are some people more productive than others?
To find out, I asked two stellar and productive past Big Thinkers to “Describe the circumstances under which you are most productive.”
Charles Duhigg is a husband, father of two young children, Pulitzer prize winning NY Times reporter and author of two best sellers, The Power of Habit, and most recently Smarter, Better, Faster: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business. I waylaid him at the Aspen Airport for his answer. (1:22 minutes)
Shirley Turkle, MIT, has written tons about how technology keeps us from being productive (and intimate with others) so I asked her, too. (2:43 minutes)
Notice what they have in common?
