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How to Measure Personal Productivity Without Gaming the Metrics

Learning how to measure personal productivity sounds straightforward until the measurement starts changing the way we work. A long streak begins to matter more than the result it was meant to support.

How to Measure Personal Productivity Without Gaming the Metrics

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Learning how to measure personal productivity sounds straightforward until the measurement starts changing the way we work.

A long streak begins to matter more than the result it was meant to support.

Small tasks become attractive because they are easy to complete.

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Learning how to measure personal productivity sounds straightforward until the measurement starts changing the way we work. A long streak begins to matter more than the result it was meant to support. Small tasks become attractive because they are easy to complete.

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Small tasks become attractive because they are easy to complete.

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