Productivity pastebinac-20

Sentiments about "Giving it 110%" on a sustained basis ignore the semantic definition of "100%" as being the sustainable level of productivity which does not extract borrowed productivity from the future.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fordism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight-hour_day
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_debt

The best way to benefit from exponential growth is to eliminate inefficiencies(Systems Thinking required for accurate identification) from your workflow through capital investments in process improvements, automation, and "good hiring decisions".

The opportunity cost of those investments should justify itself based on the ROI of the efficiency gain since capital assets & debts both have a positive/negative ROI in their original form(before conversion via investment).

There are business math classes dedicated to predicting the benefit/yield of these investments but the continuously compounding interest equation isn't a bad choice if pandering to the lowest common denominator:

"Resulting yield = Capital invested * e^(interest rate * time)"

Book discussion these concepts:
http://amzn.to/1CM0jCN

Cliff Notes version:
http://javatroopers.com/Peopleware.html#Chapter_3