QUIZ: Do You Need Tools To 10x Productivity Or Do You Need Therapy?
The corporate world keeps telling its workers to do more with less, but should that be your top priority?
The corporate world keeps telling its workers to do more with less, and creating tools that make it possible. But do you need to optimize your productivity at work, or do you need the help of a licensed therapist?
We put together this list of questions to help you find out!
Read through these yes or no questions, keep count of the “yeses,” and scroll to the bottom for your result.
- Do you have days where you feel overwhelmed by your workload?
- Is your calendar always full of back-to-back meetings?
- Are you excessively tired at the end of every workday?
- Are you excessively tired at the start of every workday?
- Do you feel you lack motivation to complete your work tasks?
- Are you concerned about AI replacing your position?
- Do you have trouble getting to sleep because you can’t stop thinking about work?
- Do you regularly dream about being at work, completing work tasks, or sitting in meetings all day?
- Do you have trouble developing and maintaining healthy relationships with friends and romantic partners because your mind is always on GTM principles?
- Do you even have friends? (Work friends don’t count.)
- Have you forgotten what your children look like because you spend so much time on Slack?
- Does your partner treat you like you’ve just returned from a year-long expedition around the world by hot air balloon because they rarely see you at home?
- Have you suffered from any of the following in the past 3 months: tech neck, carpal tunnel, existential dread, or migraines?
- Have you contemplated what it is you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?
- Have you had thoughts of changing your name and running away to the south of France to start an apprenticeship at a small artisan bakery?
- Do you have budget to spend on new productivity tools?
If you answered “YES” to 3 or more of these questions, you need more tools to 10x your productivity at work.
Increasing your productivity means you can work longer hours, fit more work into less time, and finally get a “meets expectations” on your annual review.
Therapy, on the other hand, encourages mindfulness, PTO usage, and work-life boundaries. And let’s be honest — will that really maximize shareholder value?
