Identify Your Productivity Constraint

“Eliyahu Goldratt’s theory in The Goal applies directly to personal productivity: one constraint determines

how much you can accomplish, and improving anything else creates no meaningful gain.

The constraint might be decision fatigue, poor planning, limited focus time, or unclear priorities.

Optimizing tools, organizing tasks, or increasing effort won’t raise throughput if the main bottleneck

stays unchanged. Identify the single factor limiting your output and restructure your

day around protecting and elevating it. All progress flows from that point.”