How a Bad Teammate Taught Me the Importance of Boundaries in Productivity
Working with a perfectionist is like running a marathon with a lead weight strapped to your ankle.
You can be as productive as you want, but if you don’t have the right team you will still work when you don’t want to and do more.
A few years into my studies, I figured out productivity, working part-time, studying, and being the president of a student organization. I managed everything well and had time blocks for each life priority.
The next semester comes around and I got teamed up with a person I don’t know yet. He seems nice, motivated, and ambitious like me.
What I didn’t know at the beginning: he is a perfectionist and does his tasks at the last minute.
This was the opposite of my structured life. I had limited time for my uni projects, so I usually plan my weeks in time blocks. Those are dependent on my work and my student organization.
Here are the mistakes I made and what I could’ve done differently:
