Productive and Efficient people

People who are driven and focused, at times appear to be non-cooperative. But, they are so centered on their primary task that they cannot be called selfish. They are simply obsessed with activities that will help them achieve their goal(s). One would not fail to notice that these people have high levels of concentration and strong will to achieve their target(s).

I recently came across the concept of OHIO (Only Handle It Once). Productive people, do not procrastinate. They pick up a task once and finish it. And then that's it - it's done. This also resonates with the philosophy, "it's more important to choose than to choose right". Procrastination happens either because one is fearful and is not confident of completing the task or because one is a perfectionist and fears non-precision. Either way, it is fear that results in procrastination. 

Productive people practice selective perfectionism. Being a perfectionist is not necessarily a bad thing, but not everything requires perfectionism.

They are conscientious up to a point. For example when a first draft is to be written, they sit down and write it in one go and come back to it later to refine it. Trying to create a perfect first draft is not necessarily a smart thing.

A desire to do too many things is not only counter-productive but also foolish. A task is either important or urgent. (It may fall in a third category too-Something that we simply love to do). Productive people handle task when it is important and before it falls in the urgent category. These people know the order of the to-do list matters. Prioritizing and being focused helps here. 

Finally, productive people are smart. They have a sense of knowing when and how far to go in a thing?