Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
Slow productivity supports legacy-building accomplishments but allows them to unfold at a more human speed.
Cal Newport • Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
“My clients are very busy, but are often so overwhelmed by everything they want or have to do, that it becomes difficult to recognize what the priorities are for them,” she told me. “So they just try to work on a lot and hope they make progress that way.”
Cal Newport • Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
The right balance can be found in using office hours: regularly scheduled sessions for quick discussions that can be used to resolve many different issues. Set aside the same thirty to sixty minutes every afternoon, and advertise this time to your colleagues and clients. Make it clear that you’re always available during this period—your
Cal Newport • Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
it’s hard to maintain five or more missions without the feeling you’re drowning in unavoidable work.
Cal Newport • Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
When selecting new projects, assess your options by the number of weekly requests, questions, or small chores you expect the project to generate.
Cal Newport • Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
shouldn’t you select project by the result / impact it can generate? also this is assuming you have the freedom to select projects, which in a lot of jobs you don’t.
A key tenet of slow productivity is that grand achievement is built on the steady accumulation of modest results over time.
Cal Newport • Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
Maybe you’re able to identify a clever new business strategy, devise an elegant algorithm, or come up with a bold advertising campaign that would have eluded you in a more fragmented state of attention.