Our current definition of "productivity" pushes us to treat busyness as a proxy for useful effort, leading to impossibly lengthy task lists and ceaseless meetings. Drawing from deep research on the habits and mindsets of a varied cast of storied thinkers, Cal Newport lays out the key principles of "slow productivity." Combining cultural criticism with systematic pragmatism, Newport deconstructs the absurdities inherent in standard notions of productivity, and then provides step-by-step advice for cultivating a slower, more humane alternative.
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