You’re doing better than you think. Here’s why. - Ozan Varol

Anne-Laure Le Cunff (@neuranne)

Many people think productivity is about getting work done. But it’s not. Instead, it’s about making intentional progress. Sometimes that means taking a break, making time for thinking, exploring ideas, chatting with a friend.

what we really need—more so than righteous disdain or brash new policy—is a slower conception of what it even means to be productive in the first place.

But it’s pretty obvious, really, that busy is not the ultimate metric here. It’s not the end game. After all, sheer quantity of work is not the aim. Rather, I’m searching for depth. And originality. [...]

What I’m questing after, instead, is an idea with power. That new framework that helps us see a relationship we’d previously missed. The essay tha