# Quote — Kevin Kelly, New Rules for the New Economy

> The problem with trying to measure productivity is that it measures only how well people can do the wrong jobs. Any job that can be measured for productivity probably should be eliminated from the list of jobs that people do.

- Author: [Kevin Kelly](https://www.leafyquotes.com/kevin-kelly.md)
- Book: [New Rules for the New Economy](https://www.leafyquotes.com/kevin-kelly/new-rules-for-the-new-economy.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Kevin_Kelly_(editor)#New_Rules_for_the_New_Economy:_10_Radical_Strategies_for_a_Connected_World_(1999)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/kevin-kelly/new-rules-for-the-new-economy/the-problem-with

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> In the coming era, doing the exactly right next thing is far more fruitful than doing the same thing twice.

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> Every opportunity seized launches at least two new opportunities.

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> Don't solve problems, pursue opportunities.

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