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And yet precisely because I was being forced to confront reality in this way—to see that I was always neglecting most tasks, in order to work on anything at all, and that working on everything at once simply wasn’t an option—the result was a powerful sense of undistracted calm, and a lot more productivity than in my days as a productivity... See more

Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals

The freedom-of-time approach sounds right to us, because we think of time as money, which is to say, a fungible resource. Anything that gets in the way of our freely allocating our time doesn’t just get on our nerves; it prevents us from coming up with the most efficient way of using our time. In the language of the marketplace, it’s irrational.

Judith Shulevitz • The Sabbath World: Glimpses of a Different Order of Time

Proposition: Limit the Big

Cal Newport • Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

The Organized Mind

Daniel Levitin

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He said that “we have to shrink the world to fit our cognitive bandwidth.” If you go too fast, you overload your abilities, and they degrade. But when you practice moving at a speed that is compatible with human nature—and you build that into your daily life—you begin to train your attention and focus.

Johann Hari • Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention--and How to Think Deeply Again

“It’s not a question of sitting by yourself and doing nothing,” Mr. Goldhaber told me. “But instead asking, ‘How do you allocate the attention you have in more focused, intentional ways?’” Some of that is personal — thinking critically about who we amplify and re-evaluating our habits and hobbies. Another part is to think about attention... See more

nytimes.com • Opinion | Michael Goldhaber, the Cassandra of the Internet Age - The New York Times

The less predictable and controllable the life course has become, the more individuals have been urged to chart their own courses, to “master” their destinies, and to make themselves over. In addition to actual hours spent on the job—which have increased dramatically—Americans are compelled to constantly work on themselves to remain competitive in

Micki McGee • Self-Help, Inc.: Makeover Culture in American Life

What is new is how especially damaging this myth is today, in a time when choice and expectations have increased exponentially. It results in stressed people trying to cram yet more activities into their already overscheduled lives.

Greg Mckeown • Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

s’encombrer est dangereux. Nous sommes facilement séduits par le mince profit offert par la toute dernière appli ou le tout dernier service, mais nous oublions son coût exprimé dans la ressource la plus importante que nous possédions : les minutes de notre vie. C’est aussi ce qui rend la nouvelle économie de Thoreau aussi pertinente aujourd’hui.