#business # [[Epistemic status]] #shower-thought #to-digest Last modified date: 2023-01-03 14:05 Commit: 2 # Related - [[Hard work]] - [[Outcome vs output development]] - [[How to be efficient]] # TODO > [!TODO] TODO # Busywork >Buffett spends his time differently than other Fortune 500 CEOs, managing his schedule to avoid unnecessary distractions and preserving uninterrupted time to read (five newspapers daily and countless annual reports) and think. He prides himself on keeping a blank calendar, devoid of regular meetings. >~ [[William N. Thorndike - The Outsiders - Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success|The Outsiders - Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success]] People that exercise busywork do: - [[Status game|status]]: generating lot of [[Entropy]], heat, displaying stuff, throwing [[Philosophy/Rationality/Models/Noise|noise]] everywhere - waste their time - waste everyone's time - have no clue what they are doing - hide their weaknesses / lack of skill Busywork is a strategy to climb the hierarchy in some communities (including companies) by showing a specific kind of [[Status game|status]]