Slow Productivity

Based on the book “Slow Productivity”, Cal Newport.

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Do fewer things

“Strive to reduce your obligations to the point where you can easily imagine accomplishing them with time to spare. Leverage this reduced load to more fully embrace and advance the small number of projects that matter most.”

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Work at a natural pace

“Don’t rush your most important work. Allow it instead to unfold along a sustainable timeline, with variations in intensity, in settings conducive to brilliance.”

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Obsess over quality

“Obsess over the quality of what you produce, even if it means missing opportunities in the short term. Leverage the value of these results to gain more and more freedom in your efforts over the long term.”

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Any ongoing goal or service that directs your professional life.

Missions

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Any work-related initiative that cannot be completed in a single session.

Projects

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Activities to complete in order to make progress on Projects.

Tasks