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What “Work” Looks Like
Like John McPhee waiting on the picnic table for insight on his article structure, Zuiker’s efforts point toward a definition of meaningful and valuable work that doesn’t require a frenetic busyness.
Cal Newport • Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
The narrative that art or creativity isn’t real work (as described below) is just one element of a much bigger discussion about what is considered and adequately valued as “real work” in today's society and economic system and what isn’t. As I wrote in Aliveness: Reframing Productivity: “We don’t really think of productivity as a measure of being
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If your job is making good decisions (which for most of you it is), thinking about work is work.
It might feel like time spent staring at a blank page without knowing what to write is not productive. It might feel like getting up from the laptop and taking a walk is procrastinating. But those are all parts of the process - maybe the most important... See more
Dan Hockenmaiersubstack.comKnowing when to shift between public and private thinking—when to blast an idea online, when to let it slow bake—is a crucial new skill: cognitive diversity. When I get blocked while typing away at a project on my computer, I grab a pencil and paper, so I can use a tactile, swoopy, this-connects-to-that style of writing to unclog my brain. Once an
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