Redefining Productivity in Knowledge Work

Kelly welcomes Cal Newport back to the podcast. Cal is a professor of computer science at Georgetown University where he is also a founding member of the Center for Digital Ethics. He is the author of many books, including “Deep Work.” His latest book is called “Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout.”

“Slow productivity doesn’t ask that you extinguish ambition.” 

“Working with unceasing intensity is artificial and unsustainable.” 

“Quality demands that you slow down.”