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Slow Productivity

The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
By Cal Newport
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# 8min reading time / 17min listening time
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The large majority of productivity books are focused on helping readers get more work done in less time. They are focused on increasing output while decreasing input, making productivity king. This is not Cal Newport’s purpose in writing Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout. Newport’s book is primarily directed at knowledge workers, and he believes that factory models of production do not work for knowledge work. While he realizes that knowledge work encompasses many different types of work, he believes that most knowledge workers can exhibit enough control and autonomy over their work that they can put steps in place to decrease their workload and extraneous work activities in order to buy them a slower work day. This slower pace, he maintains, often leads to greater achievement over time.

Career Adversity, Stress & Burnout Productivity & Time Management
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