Productivity
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Productivity
“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
The concept of efficiency — how much one can accomplish per unit of time (or per dollar, etc.) — requires a quantitative numerator as well as a denominator. It requires a metric. Therefore, it tells us nothing about results we cannot quantify or measure. When we gear our society around efficiency, we produce more and more of the measurable, while... See more
A great way to get out of your head and into your world is to do a task you can actually finish.
Jon Acuff • Soundtracks
Finally, to repeat one more time: productivity in the wrong direction isn’t worth anything at all. Think more about what to work on.
Sam Altman • Productivity
Dass innere Widerstände durch Grausamkeit gegenüber uns selbst bezwungen werden können, dieses Gerede vom Triumph des Willens. Aber Gewohnheiten unterliegen gerade nicht dem Willen. Je länger Sie beispielsweise jeden Tag dieselbe Strecke gefahren sind, desto weniger ist daran Ihr bewusster Wille beteiligt. Gewohnheiten folgen Auslösern, nicht... See more
Sara Peschke • Stefan Klein im Interview: "Der innere Schweinehund ist ein irrer Mythos"
