Productivity

Learned something interesting from the CEO of a fairly big tech co. Usually 28 year olds are more productive programmers than 22 year olds, because they have more experience. But apparently 22 year olds are now as good as 28 year olds because they're more at ease using AI.

The language of "tasks" enables white-collar Taylorism. We should push back.

"The amount of serendipity that will occur in your life is directly proportional to the degree to which you do something you're passionate about combined with the total number of people to whom this is effectively communicated." https://t.co/KfFpouh7Dm

@postingtime this single-handedly changed my entire perspective randomly last year https://t.co/oS4dvCLCHE

"Most successful people are just a walking anxiety disorder harnessed for productivity." — @awilkinson

When you’re stuck, ask yourself: what’s the simplest, worst version of this I can whip out in 15 minutes? • Free-flow shitty first draft of a blog post • 5-slide presentation with no design flourish • Messy project mindmap in your notebook Put a timer on and give it a try :)

“My whole life has been spent trying to teach people that intense concentration for hour after hour can bring out in people resources they didn’t know they had.” — Edwin Land

If you want to build a company, open this:

New Peloton CEO emails employees February 8, 2022