Productivity
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Productivity
My father was a Sarkari Babu (government officer with basic salary) his entire life, he was at one job throughout his life. He drove a Bajaj scooter with five of us on the scooter. I was in my mother’s lap, Neha on the in-between of two seats and Neetika standing at the front. I was always scared that I would slip from my mother’s lap because I was
... See moreOn the importance of keeping a calendar:
The big thing is basically *everything* is on the calendar. Sleep is on the calendar, going to bed is in there and so is free time. Free time is critical because that's the release valve. You can work full tilt for a long time as long as you know you have actual time for yourself coming up. I find if you... See more
Sid Jha • Sunday Snapshots (14th June, 2020)
"The price of productivity is creativity."
— Naval Ravikant
— Naval Ravikant
“When a person can't find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure.”
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Viktor E. Frankl
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Viktor E. Frankl
A quote by Viktor E. Frankl
When you go deeper into the stack you realize this: in order to be productive, you need to have an end toward which you are working. You also need to have a means or a strategy to get there.
Ideas in psychology, philosophy, and literature can help you understand your ends—to choose them more consciously, and to choose new ones if the ones you’ve
... See moreevery.to • What Is Underneath Productivity?
"It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe." - Muhammad Ali
The Mountain or the Pebble | The Curiosity Chronicle
Your work is too important to be left to how you feel today. On the other hand, committing to an action can change how we feel. If we act as though we trust the process and do the work, then the feelings will follow. Waiting for a feeling is a luxury we don’t have time for.