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Tim Ferriss Is No Longer Living the Tim Ferriss Lifestyle. Neither Should You
Superficially, this seems like a sensible way to live, especially in a hypercompetitive economic climate, in which it feels as though you must constantly make the most judicious use of your time if you want to stay afloat. (It also reflects the manner in which most of us were raised: to prioritize future benefits over current enjoyments.) But ultim
... See moreOliver Burkeman • Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
The general assumption driven by these optimization models is always that faster is better. I think there are things we need to deliberately and consciously slow down for our own sanity and for our own productivity. If we don’t ask that question about what those things are, I think we’ll get things terribly, terribly wrong.
Rory Sutherland • Are We Too Impatient to Be Intelligent?
Their gospel of optimisation ignores the fundamental question: what’s the point of being 10x more productive if we’re not 10x more fulfilled?
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Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
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A slower approach to work is not only feasible, but is likely superior to the ad hoc pseudo-productivity that dictates the professional lives of so many today.
Cal Newport • Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
More and more, I think my issues with conventional productivity advice – indeed, with the very notion of productivity – boil down to this: Spending your days trying to get through a list of things you feel you have to do is a fundamentally joyless and soul-destroying way to live; and most productivity problems, like distraction or procrastination o... See more