Tag: slow productivity by cal newport

Studying the AGTA community of Northern Philippines throws light on the creativity aspects needed for both hunting and agriculture. This finding can be extrapolated in our modern day as well. Hunting versus agriculture which is more creative? Read to know more.

Unlike Hunting both the agriculture and industrial age led to the death of creativity. This was due to the fact that life was meant to be more predictable unlike the slow productivity needs of hunters.

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Do FEWER THINGS. Why?

Small seasonality refers to breaking the pattern of boring daily work routine. It recommends sprinkling fun in our work routine to enliven us. The Four rules for small seasonality are as follows:

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Three Step Pull Workflow to Limit Overload

Many of us dream of switching from the job we are doing to follow our passion. When is the right time to switch from job to passion? Read to know more.

Just as slow food is associated with good health, slow productivity is associated with a balanced work life. Read this post to know more.

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SLOW DOWN for HIGH QUALITY OUTPUT. Why?

Traditional productivity measures that were applicable in the agricultural as well as industrial age cannot be applied to knowledge workers. Read this post to know why.

With this in mind now you are better equipped to apply more meaningful metrices to measure productivity for knowledge work.

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https://viewpointsunplugged.com/?s=slow+productivity

Accumulation of overload leads to high overload tax. This blogpost enlightens you as to how high overload tax leads to burnout.

Thus to avoid burnout reduce overload tax.

To know more about slow productivity principles, read the following insightful posts:

https://viewpointsunplugged.com/?s=slow+productivity

Adoption of Slow Productivity principles to do quality work at a natural pace demands mental preparation. Here’s why: