Who said this?in which literary work?

Question

"Some people mistake busyness for business"

Answer 1

I don't know that it's in any literary work, but the idea (at least) appears at the following website,  "The Growth Coach,"  a blog for business owner education:

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  http://www.thegrowthcoach.com/Resources/...

Below  is a sample paragraph from it.

See also this link:

http://www.google.com/search?q=%22mistak...

Busyness:

Many owners confuse activity with accomplishment.  They confuse busyness with results. Hard work with smart work.  Perspiration with purpose.  Efficiency (doing things right) with effectiveness (doing the right things).  Instead of working smarter, many owners hold tight to the delusion that working harder and harder is the solution.  They keep trying to shift into higher and higher gears.  The more the business grows, the harder they work, the more imprisoned they become.  No matter how much energy you expend, however, wrong strategies inevitably lead to poor results – less freedom and more headaches.