09/17/2026
🏴☠️ PROJECT PIRATE LESSON #006
ACTIVITY IS NOT PROGRESS.
Ever seen a project where EVERYONE is busy?
📧 Emails flying.
📞 Phones ringing.
📋 Meetings about meetings.
📊 Reports about the meetings.
And someone proudly announces:
“We’ve been working around the clock!”
Meanwhile… The project is still three weeks behind. 😬
Congratulations, mate. You’ve built a very expensive hamster wheel. 🐹
Here’s the thing:
Being busy doesn’t mean you’re getting anywhere.
You can run all day and still end up exactly where you started.
So before scheduling ANOTHER meeting, ask yourself:
What actually moved forward today?
Did we solve a problem?
Remove a roadblock?
Complete a deliverable?
Make a decision?
Or did we just create more work to talk about tomorrow? 😂
🏴☠️ PIRATE RULE #006
ACTIVITY IS NOT PROGRESS.
A busy project can still be a failing project.
Don’t just keep the crew moving.
Make sure the ship is actually going somewhere! ⛵
👇 What’s the biggest waste of time you’ve seen on a project?
