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It proposes a sustainable alternative to busyness-based work.
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Psychology, Philosophy & Personal Development
Slow Productivity
The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
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Portfolio (Penguin Random House)
Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout is a work of nonfiction by the computer scientist Cal Newport, published by Portfolio in March 2024.
- Published
- 2024
- Pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
Knowledge work has been colonized by 'pseudo-productivity' - the performance of constant busyness measured in emails, meetings and visible activity - and Cal Newport thinks it is burning us out while producing worse work.
Slow Productivity proposes an alternative built on three principles: do fewer things, work at a natural pace, and obsess over quality.
Drawing on the working lives of scientists, authors and artists who accomplished a great deal without frenzy, Newport, a Georgetown computer scientist, argues for a more humane and ultimately more effective relationship with our labor. intendle recommends it for anyone drowning in a to-do list that only ever grows, and skeptical that the answer is another productivity hack. A New York Times bestseller and a best book of 2024 for The Economist and NPR, it is practical without being frantic.
Its counterintuitive promise - that doing less, better, is the path to real accomplishment - lands as both relief and challenge.
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Pages
256
Published
2024
Portfolio (Penguin Random House)
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Hardcover
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Language
English
Psychology, Philosophy & Personal Development
ISBN
978-0593544853
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