Slow Productivity and Motherhood: A Case Study

6min Snip

00:00

Play full episode

Summary

Transcript

Episode notes

Readers send in their own experiences with this advice. The key thing for me is having a consistent place for capture for the weekend. I prefer them to be on their own weekend page so that you know this is where these thoughts came from. The Monday task list can be for Monday. So yeah, again, all the stuff you tweak, but this works well for me. All right. Next week we'll talk about slow productivity and motherhood.

One of the most popular (and widely forgotten) slogans of the ancient world was Festina Lente, or, “Make Haste Slowly.” In this episode, Cal looks deeper at what this phrase meant, and in doing so uncovers an ancient version of slow productivity.

Below are the questions covered in today's episode (with their timestamps). Get your questions answered by Cal! Here’s the link: bit.ly/3U3sTvo

Video from today’s episode: youtube.com/calnewportmedia

Today’s Deep Question: What can Octavian Caesar Augustus teach us about productivity? [5:37]

- How can I help my team move fast to slow productivity? [26:12]

- How do I figure out how long to spend on a task? [33:08]

- What’s up with Cal’s podcast album art? [38:14]

- Why is my partner so slow? [40:49]

- How does Cal’s Remarkable tablet change his working memory.txt habit? [46:23]

CASE STUDY: Not allowing work to dominate your life [53:28]

The 5 Book Cal Read in July 2023 [1:03:21]

Links:

bigthink.com/the-learning-curve/festina-lente/