Do You Mostly Produce or Consume?

Stoop Kid tweets…

there are many axes on which you can slice people, but my favorite is:

does a person have predominantly productive or consumptive tendencies?

productive: writing, athletics, cooking, building, studying

consumptive: TV, dining out, video games, leisure reading, shopping

It’s a simple framework and a useful lens for gaining awareness into how you spend your time ⏳

Are your habits weighted towards productive activities that build skills and create value?

Or do you lean more towards consumptive activities? 😕

Consumption is fine in moderation of course. But it’s the productive tendencies that help you get ahead in life and business.

A reply to Stoop’s tweet…

Do social activities count as productive or consumptive?

Parties, dinners, etc. Most successful people I know spend a majority of free time on these.

Stoop replies…

Strongly agree though about socializing. It can be incredibly productive. You can view it as a long term productivity play, an investment. Just like studying is temporarily consumptive but long term productive if you do it well.

So there’s a lot of nuance here, and what counts as consumptive for me might be productive for you.

But a handy framework nonetheless.