We’ve learned that doing less work makes you more productive IF you keep an eye out for this key problem

Motivation can be a blessing or a curse when it comes to productivity.

Too little and you’ll never get anything done.

Too much and you’re at risk of overcommitting and getting the same result.

We see it nearly every time a new player joins the game at Winpact.

We help them break down their vision into an ambitious list of 12-week goals.

They kick off their first few weeks of the season with some of those goals on their Winpact Scoreboard.

And then the software shows them the reality.

They’re not hitting their weekly targets.

There are multiple reasons why this can be the case.

The data produced from the software helps us with the diagnosis.

And when it comes to the problem of taking on too much at once, there’s 1 behaviour we look for to help us solve the problem:

Sacrificing progress in one area to make progress in another.

Then, as soon as they drop the right activity or goal, everything changes.

The grass gets greener on the other side of doing less.

But this brings on another opportunity.

What if we automated this type of diagnosis?

And automated the recommendations of the best solutions?

Let’s see what happens.