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Ep. 171: Is Slow Productivity the Solution to Burnout?

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

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We Need to Do Many Lesser Things

We need to completely rethink how work is assigned in the workplace. How much work is this person doing? What's on their plate? So that we can all see it, and then have very clear understandings of what is reasonable. Don't just give it all to me and say, figure it out, ou're going to short circuit my brain. You'regong to make me miserable. Work at a natural pace. I don't care if it's a pain. It's what we're wired to do.

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