What is the Difference Between Toxic Productivity and Wellbeing-Driven Productivity?

What is Toxic Productivity?

• An unhealthy fixation on productivity.
• Measuring your self-worth by how productive you are.
• The constant need to be doing something.
• The quickest route to burnout.

What is Wellbeing-Driven Productivity?

• Recognising the link between wellbeing and productivity.
• Understanding that to do well, you need to be well.
• Prioritising your needs and wellbeing.
• Adopting a wellbeing-first mindset.

Three Ways to Develop a Wellbeing-First Mindset

• This is, by far, the most difficult — learn to say no.
• Understand the types of activities that deplete and restore your energy levels. Where possible, plan your week to achieve balance.
• Work out which self-care activities work for you and schedule them (often).

Prioritising your needs feels selfish at first, but we need to reframe that — it is an act of selflessness. Self-care is not selfish.