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"There is surely nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency what should not be done at all." - Peter Drucker
The great man was also the first person to point out:
"The first question in increasing productivity in knowledge and service work has to be: What is the task? What do we try to accomplish? WHY do it at all?"
Every knowledge base should be structured around these questions. Else, you could be wasting your time, and worse you may actually be doing harm...
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