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Peter Scazzero • Emotionally Healthy Discipleship: Moving from Shallow Christianity to Deep Transformation
Recently, as the gig economy has grown, busyness has been rebranded as “hustle”—relentless work not as a burden to be endured but as an exhilarating lifestyle choice, worth boasting about on social media. In reality, though, it’s the same old problem, pushed to an extreme: the pressure to fit ever-increasing quantities of activity into a stubbornly
... See moreOliver Burkeman • Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
We suffer from overly ambitious timelines and poorly managed workloads due to a fundamental uneasiness with ever stepping back from the numbing exhaustion of jittery busyness.
Cal Newport • Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
As Tim Ferriss says, “Being busy is a form of laziness — lazy thinking and indiscriminate action.”
James Clear • How to be More Productive and Eliminate Time Wasting Activities by Using the “Eisenhower Box”
“The more you try to do, the less you actually accomplish.”
Cal Newport • Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
Submitted my essay for a book review contest at the last possible minute, 2:59 AM ET. The power of deadlines.