Yeah, I know I confessed that I am addicted to reading The Economist. Now before you misunderstand the reason why I am unsubscribing from it, I am doing so because of the very same addiction!

It is an awesome magazine and covers nearly every topic related to business and economy in depth — and that was the very problem for me. I just couldn’t put it down until I read it from cover to cover.

I know I can make money from the insights I get by reading it… but lets be honest — I haven’t used any information that was published in that magazine and was not covered in Fortune, Forbes and BusinessWeek (all three have free access online).

Though I can’t say I didn’t make any money from The Economist. Uhm? Yeah, I learnt a thing or two from their direct marketing campaign (which I must confess is excellent!) and used it directly in my campaigns.

Now my subscription is about to expire and I am NOT renewing it. Let’s see if this makes me more productive.

I’d highly recommend that you also take a look around and see if anything is directly or indirectly hindering your productivity. If you find something, see if you can live without it.