Slow productivity worked for Marie Curie, here’s why you should adopt it, too. Do fewer things, work at a natural pace and obsess over quality, says computer scientist Cal Newport , in his latest time-management book.
(Source : Nature Magazine - Anne Gulland)https://lnkd.in/duv_Qg_C
Cal Newport is an associate professor of computer science at Georgetown University, where he specializes in the theory of distributed systems, as well as a The New York Times bestselling author who writes for a broader audience about the intersection of technology and culture. He’s also a regular contributor on these topics to national publications such as The New Yorker, The New York Times, and WIRED.
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"Slow Productivity is a call to arms to reject the performative busyness of the modern workplace, where frequent virtual meetings and long e-mail chains sap so much of workers’ attention. One exhausted postdoctoral researcher interviewed by Newport defined productivity, as it is currently measured in academia, as “working all the time”.
"The front-office IT revolution, personal computers, portable computers with e-mail and networks, and then smartphones, meant that things really began to spin out of control for knowledge workers and the toll of exhaustion and burnout have begun to increase,” he adds.
Newport urges knowledge workers to “do fewer things. Work at a natural pace. Obsess over quality.” His book is full of examples of academics and other knowledge workers who have taken radical steps to free themselves from distractions in their quest to produce great work.
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"Theoretical physicist Richard Feynman avoided doing committee work and other commitments to focus on the deep thinking his research required. Feynman thought that peace of mind was the most important requisite of creative work"
“My grandfather was a professor and didn’t own a computer. But his goal was the same as a professor today: to produce books and articles. He produced a ton of books and was very productive. So what have we gained in the twenty-first century, when professors now also send and receive 100 e-mails a day?”
["Do new technologies applied to knowledge workers increase or decrease productivity? Do they increase or decrease levels of stress, burnout and overall quality of life?"]
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