Stop Measuring Your Effort: How Direction Creates Real Career Growth
Stop Measuring Your Effort: How Direction Creates Real Career Growth By Jagrati Tiwari | Executive Coach “Effort gives you exhaustion. Direction gives you progress.” We live in a culture that often celebrates being busy. The person who works late is called committed. The entrepreneur who never switches off is called ambitious. The student who studies all night is called hardworking. The professional who says “I have no time” is often assumed to be important. But here is the uncomfortable question: What if being busy is not the same as moving forward? Two people can work for the same number of hours. One may be building skills, credibility, relationships, systems and opportunities that compound over time. The other may simply be completing tasks, attending meetings, consuming information and responding to problems without ever asking whether the work is taking them toward the life or career they actually want. From the outside, both look hardworking. The difference becomes visible...