No Thanks
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No Thanks
Visakan Veerasamy and added
- Technology babies us all the time. Putting aside the marginal good these apps do for people who rely on them, their ads are clearly focused on a capable, upper-middle class that’s learned to take its neuroticism a little too seriously. They exploit what probably started as compassion-driven conversation about burnout into a recursive push for comfo... See more
from #95: Are you baby? A litmus test by Haley Nahman
Keely Adler added
You needn’t embrace the specific practice of listing out your goals (I don’t, personally) to appreciate the underlying point, which is that in a world of too many big rocks, it’s the moderately appealing ones—the fairly interesting job opportunity, the semi-enjoyable friendship—on which a finite life can come to grief. It’s a self-help cliché that
... See morefrom Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman
- "frictionless experiences with technology mean that we notice less about the tools we’re using and what it is they actually do. This, he thinks, promotes a kind of self-absorption. We don’t see ourselves as being in conversation with our tools or the physical world; instead, we see ourselves as masters of our environment, with the expectation that ... See more
from The Dark Side of Frictionless Technology
Sarah Owen and added
There exists a myth that it’s hard to say no, whether to someone else or to your own ambition. The reality is that saying no isn’t so bad if you have hard evidence that it’s the only reasonable answer.
from Slow Productivity by Cal Newport
baja and added
- Anyone can say no to crappy opportunities. Only a master will say no to good opportunities. If you don’t say no to good opportunities, you’ll never have the time to pursue great opportunities.
Saying no is hard. Nobody knew that better than Steve Jobs, who said:People think focus means saying yes to the thing you’ve got to focus on. But that’s not
... See morefrom The Focus to Say No by Farnam Street
Luc Cheung added
- PERPETUAL TRANSFORMATION... AND TO WHAT END
The reason I write about technology, is to provide a trail of my thoughts as we work through what it means to be molded by the tools we seek to mold.
We are absolutely massaged over by technology. And the internet, what has taken over more of our perceived reality than the truly experienced physical embod... See morefrom Rough Notes: Memory, Identity, and Transformation by Reggie James
("JP") added
- We agree to many requests not because we want to do them, but because we don't want to be seen as rude, arrogant, or unhelpful. Often, you have to consider saying no to someone you will interact with again in the future—your co-worker, your spouse, your family and friends.
from The Ultimate Productivity Hack is Saying No by James Clear
Emilie Kormienko added