Slow Productivity
by Johann Van Tonder · updated 24d ago
Slow Productivity
“Relentless execution without knowing what to execute is a crime.”
Steve Blank
Johann Van Tonder added 24d ago
“if I have to work, I find it preferable (and less painful) to work intensely for very short hours, then do nothing for the rest of the time assuming doing nothing is really doing nothing), until I recover completely and look forward to a repetition, rather than being subjected to the tedium of Japanese style low-intensity interminable office hours
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- Productivity is not drudgery and chores. It’s your ability to take a vision in your head and manifest it in the real world.
Productivity is also not about working harder and longer. It’s about working more efficiently, which means minimizing waste. Think wasted time, effort, energy, or potential.
Productivity is not some random hacks and silver bulle... See morefrom Superhuman
Johann Van Tonder added 3mo ago
- "I frequently worry that being productive is the surest way to lull ourselves into a trance of passivity and busyness the greatest distraction from living, as we coast through our lives day after day, showing up for our obligations but being absent from our selves, mistaking the doing for the being." — Maria Popova
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- “If you don’t save a bit of your time for you, now, out of every week,” as she puts it, “there is no moment in the future when you’ll magically be done with everything and have loads of free time.” This is the same insight embodied in two venerable pieces of time management advice: to work on your most important project for the first hour of each d... See more
from Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Johann Van Tonder added 3mo ago
- A busy calendar and a busy mind will destroy your ability to do great things in this world. If you want to do great things—whether you’re a musician or entrepreneur or investor—you need free time and a free mind.
from Be Too Busy to ‘Do Coffee’ by Naval Ravikant
Johann Van Tonder added 3mo ago
- “I rarely have good ideas.
To overcome this limitation, I think about one topic (like habits) for an unreasonable amount of time. Then, I revise, revise, revise until only the best stuff remains. It’s slow, but it works.
You can either be a genius or you can be patient.”from 3-2-1: On Attracting Luck, Taking Risks, and the Ineffectiveness of Anger | James Clear by James Clear
Johann Van Tonder added 3mo ago
- There is truly a bottomless pit of advice on how to do work faster, harder, and more efficiently, and all of these ideas have been comforting to me at various times in my career. Now, having made myself sick living like that, I find myself looking for new advice on how to adhere to some other approach, one that does not focus primarily on beating t... See more
from Giving Up Hustle Culture Doesn't Mean Giving Up by Rachel Katz
Johann Van Tonder added 3mo ago
Many founders, out of their fear of things slowing down, are missing the opportunities that [slowing down] affords them.
Amy Buechler, Founder Coach at YCJohann Van Tonder added 3mo ago