
Leadership
The pursuit of optimal busyness: how seeking productivity and flow can lead to overwork
Why do we push ourselves to overwork? The answer might lie in the concept of optimal busyness.
Why do we push ourselves to overwork? The answer might lie in the concept of optimal busyness.
Just like kids dream of growing up someday, many start-up leaders dream of “making it big” and scaling up to become a large and sustainable enterprise. But, just like those wide-eyed kids learn along the way, growing up – that is, scaling up – is hard. What makes it harder is that many scale-up leaders overlook (at worst) or underestimate (at best) one of the key determinants of their sustained growth: how to effectively onboard new employees.
How can we train ourselves to make an effort - and enjoy it - over a long period of time?