When you agree to tasks, it brings along administrative overhead such as emails, meetings, and calendar checks which are referred to as overhead tax. Saying yes to multiple tasks not only fills your schedule but also generates more administrative workload. This additional overhead reduces the time available for actual task completion, as the day gets fractured with fragmented meetings and emails, hindering meaningful work progress.
Cal Newport is a computer science professor at Georgetown University, a productivity expert and an author.
If you’ve ever felt that you’re not as productive as you could be, you’re not alone. But what if the goal isn't to be more productive, but to let go of the goals that aren't serving you? What if the power of saying no to more things is the most important skill you can develop?
Expect to learn what our current problem with being productive is, why pseudo-productivity is a catastrophe, the advantages to what Cal calls Slow Productivity, how to better organise your communication, the best strategies for implementing a productivity schedule, how to stop saying yes all the time and much more...