Slow Productivity
**Enjoy the Journey**
- Enjoy the journey itself, not just the destination.
- Success is a starting point, not an end point.
Snipped from Creator Science - #224: I cannot emphasize this enough [Voice Memo].
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- Enjoy the journey itself, not just the destination.
- Success is a starting point, not an end point.
Snipped from Creator Science - #224: I cannot emphasize this enough [Voice Memo].
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"Doing things that shouldn't be done in the first place faster and cheaper does not in my view constitute progress."
Kevin Gray
What I like most about deadlines is the whistling sound they make when the pass by.
There are two types of driven people.
Those who want to get it done. And those who want to get it right.
All people who want to get it right want to get it done.
Almost nobody who wants to get it done wants to get it right.
“Relentless execution without knowing what to execute is a crime.”
Steve Blank
“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
... See moreProductivity 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 more
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 more
Superhuman
"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
“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
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
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.