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Slow Productivity
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Cal Newport is a professor of computer science at Georgetown University, a contributing writer for The New Yorker, and the bestselling author of Deep Work and Digital Minimalism.
In Slow Productivity, Cal Newport argues that the exhaustion so many knowledge workers feel comes from a broken definition of productivity, one that rewards looking busy over doing work that matters. Drawing on the habits of writers, scientists and artists, from Jane Austen to Isaac Newton, he proposes a calmer alternative. You’ll learn why busyness became our stand-in for achievement, why taking on less helps you accomplish more, how hidden overhead swallows the workday, why great work unfolds at a varied pace, and how a deep commitment to quality can earn you more freedom over time.
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