CHAPTER 18
Three Ways to Break Your Employees Out of the Busyness Paradox
by Brigid Schulte
For most of my working life, I’ve felt way too busy. Sometimes heart-stoppingly, wildly so—working long hours, missing out on family time or fun, and stressed beyond belief. And yet, a few years ago, as I was cleaning out my file cabinet before leaving the Washington Post after nearly 20 years, I found folder after folder of half-reported stories that would have been good. Really good. If only I hadn’t been too busy to actually work on them.
In the years since, I’ve thought about that moment with a mix of shame and regret. I largely blamed myself for not making the time to do more ambitious, high-priority work, or managing to get it all done within reasonable ...
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