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

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

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Slow Productivity - Seasonality

We need seasonality in our work. We cannot just peg our efforts at a ten for eight to nine hours a day, day after day,. week after week, week after week. This is not natural for humans. Seasonality meaning hard times balance by easier times. And i think we should have this at all scales. The final part here, the final part of slow productivity i mentioned was obsess about quality. If you're going to do less, you need to par that with doing what you do better. It will make the work more fulfilling because you're building and applying craft.

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