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You’re doing better than you think. Here’s why. - Ozan Varol
It was from this uncertainty that a simple alternative emerged: using visible activity as a crude proxy for actual productivity. If you can see me in my office—or, if I’m remote, see my email replies and chat messages arriving regularly—then, at the very least, you know I’m doing something
Cal Newport • Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
In a world where we can outsource productivity to technology, the people who reap the biggest rewards aren’t those who work the fastest.
They’re the people who make things that are wonderful, original, weird, emotionally resonant, and authentic.
They’re the people who make things that are wonderful, original, weird, emotionally resonant, and authentic.
Sari Azout • The End of Productivity
Busyness as Proxy for Productivity: In the absence of clear indicators of what it means to be productive and valuable in their jobs, many knowledge workers turn back toward an industrial indicator of productivity: doing lots of stuff in a visible manner.