White space refers to the spaces in your Day Planner that are left blank, no work Time Activated for those time slots. If you want to achieve anything close to optimum production from your self, you must ensure you have some times set aside where you do nothing.

No one was more aggressive when it came to working no stop than me. I equated non stop activity as getting the most out of myself. I could not have been more wrong. Creating white space for yourself goes hand in hand with another Productivity Maxamaizer, do not confuse being busy with being productive.

There are two kinds of white space you need to create for yourself. White space where you are totally off the work grid, you just get into the sail boat and off you go. The second kind of white space is what I refer to as working white space. I'm not at my desk, or at the office, but my head is still at work. I will be doing something else, non work related, but I will be defiantly working on things related to work.

I like to work in the yard, planting, hauling things around, doing things outside that give me a bit of a break but still allow me to go through issues in my hand that are defiantly work related. This kind of work related white space does two things for me, gives me a physical break from work and when I get back to work, allows me to be more productive because of the mental thinking I was able to do when I was off the clock, so to speak.