I’m close to finishing the book The 4 Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss. Very Interesting!
In this work, Tim defines effectiveness and efficiency. Many times, I think we make an assumption that these two words are synonymous. Here is how he defines them:
Effectiveness is moving closer to your goals.
Effeciency is about a task.
To me, it seems then that one is about the ‘what’ and one is about the ‘how.’ Think about it and see how this impacts your personal and professional development planning.
Advertisement
[...] And that brings me to my definition of strategy. I see strategy as a low level concept. A set of strategies work together to achieve a goal by answering the question, “What does it look like to do something today to move closer to my goal?” This is effectiveness. [...]
Thank you. It’s the MistyLook theme on WordPress.