If you want to be an effective change-maker, be impatient with the status quo.
If the bureaucracy is stopping you from making a change or moving forward, challenge it and don’t take “no” for an answer. If you do get “no” as an answer, speak to a superior.
Paraphrased from the brilliant Seth Godin:
if you can spend 12 hours being efficient rather than 12 hours being remarkable that’s 12 more hours the lizard brain stole
I.e. Get off Lifehacker and start creating/finishing/delivering!
One should not spend 80% of the time formatting the document and 20% of the time understanding the argument and turning it into bullets/notes.
Toss all the filtered data/evidence/claims into the doc, then make it look good later (not the other way around).
Busy ≠ Productive
Know and be conscious of the difference.