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The traditional markers of productivity—like completed emails or the number of hours logged—don’t necessarily correlate with meaningful accomplishments in knowledge work. Just being busy does not equate to being effective. This illusion of productivity results from what is termed “pseudo productivity.” In a world where one's every action can be observed, it’s easy to equate visible activity with genuine output. Tasks that once signified real progress are increasingly reduced to checklists of busywork that do not move the needle forward, leaving workers disillusioned.