What Is Productivity Overhead?

Jun 28, 2018

By chris danilo on Jun 27, 2018 05:00 am
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Just like a business’ overhead (the costs needed to cover salaries, rent, the electric bill, etc. etc.) . . .

. . . your productivity has overhead.

You need to sleep, eat, exercise, play, be social, etc. etc.

You will almost never get a productive output during those actions–but we can agree that they’re important to stay high-functioning.

Consider the cost of your productivity overhead when you take on a new task, close out a contract, or take a vacation.

It needs to be built into the profit margin, just like a product.

When you start looking at your time and energy this way, your mindset will help you create a more functional budget.

This budget, coupled with the discipline of doing the work, will position you for high-quality output.

2 Minute Action

Take 2 minutes to count your day in half-hours.

You’ve got 48, half-hour blocks per day.

Write them out and fill in what you’re currently doing during each of those chunks.

Take a ratio of “productive hours” to “non-productive” or “overhead” hours.

Everyone is different, so it’s up to you to define your optimal ratio.

Start testing now.