Be Productive, Not Busy
In the early 1900's a management specialist, named Ivy Lee, was hired by Charles Schwab to improve his company's efficiency. Lee suggested that Schwab needed to create a list of daily tasks to complete before moving on to other items on his "to-do" list. Lee's idea was so brilliant that Schwab would go on to say that,during his entire business carrier, this was the most profitable piece of advice he was ever given.* With his idea Lee introduced Schwab to the difference between being busy and being productive: intentionality. Intentionality is a deliberate choice. Intentionality does not just apply to the business world, but to our families as well. In our families we must differentiate between that which makes us busy and that which makes us productive. Prior to the birth of my son, I thought I lived a busy, fast-paced life. Since his birth, I have come to experience a whole new definition of busy, in fact there are days when I could swear that som