Workaholics fixate on unimportant details. It is a fact.
Question: Is it true that workaholics cope with a large amount of work than people working less?
Answer: Often not. And this is because, as perfectionists, they often get hung up on minor details, which prevents them from moving on to the next task.
They are not looking for ways to be more effective. Workaholics usually try to simply create more work for themselves.
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Great advice for those who want to be more effective. If you beat a little detail for hours, stop and ask yourself if it’s really worth the time you are wasting. If not, stick to the principle “the best is the enemy of the good” and continue working on the next task.
And also, companies that think they are benefiting from people working overtime should think.
Most companies believe that workaholics bring them additional benefits by working overtime, even free of charge. In fact, trugoholizm can harm both the company and the employee.
A person may seem like a hero, helping to solve one crisis situation after another. Although in reality crises could have been avoided. Sometimes workaholics themselves unconsciously can create problems, that would be something to work on and rattle nerves in the rummage mode.
While the workaholic is still at work, the real hero is already at home, as he has already found a way to solve all the problems.
Source: 37Signals Blog, Signal vs. Noise.
PS The guys from 37Signals often publish very interesting notes, if someone finds the translation of their articles useless or is already engaged in them, let me know.
Answer: Often not. And this is because, as perfectionists, they often get hung up on minor details, which prevents them from moving on to the next task.
They are not looking for ways to be more effective. Workaholics usually try to simply create more work for themselves.
')
Great advice for those who want to be more effective. If you beat a little detail for hours, stop and ask yourself if it’s really worth the time you are wasting. If not, stick to the principle “the best is the enemy of the good” and continue working on the next task.
And also, companies that think they are benefiting from people working overtime should think.
Most companies believe that workaholics bring them additional benefits by working overtime, even free of charge. In fact, trugoholizm can harm both the company and the employee.
A person may seem like a hero, helping to solve one crisis situation after another. Although in reality crises could have been avoided. Sometimes workaholics themselves unconsciously can create problems, that would be something to work on and rattle nerves in the rummage mode.
While the workaholic is still at work, the real hero is already at home, as he has already found a way to solve all the problems.
Source: 37Signals Blog, Signal vs. Noise.
PS The guys from 37Signals often publish very interesting notes, if someone finds the translation of their articles useless or is already engaged in them, let me know.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/25079/
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