Is Busyness Bad for Business?
By Susan David
HBR Blog Network
August 3, 2012
Big Idea: Perhaps we are not so much caught in a “busy trap”, as a “meaning trap”. A meaningful life involves pursuing what we truly value, a sense of contribution in our work, as well as time outside of work. It’s perhaps no surprise that the great leaders were also expert at modeling work-life integration; they valued not only busyness but also meaning. How did their emphasis on both impact the bottom line? Positively.