Dorie Clark, a leadership expert and former presidential campaign spokesperson, says lots of people are just looking at busyness the wrong way.
When asked why they feel so overworked, most people cite external causes, like those incessant emails or constant Zoom calls.
In a May TED Talk, Clark argued those are merely manifestations of busyness — not necessarily the root causes.
Avoiding uncertaintyHuman brains are notoriously averse to ambiguity, and many of us use busywork as a way to avoid uncertainty, Clark said.
And so we become busy ... so that we don't even have to ask the question," Clark said.