Action vs. Activity: What leaders miss when they confuse action with activity.
The Illusion of Movement For years, I was addicted to busyness. The corporate environment trained me well: the more packed my calendar, the more “productive” I felt. If I wasn’t replying to an email, reviewing a deck, or jumping into another meeting, I feared being seen as idle, dispensable, or worse, irrelevant. Activity equaled worth. […]