How to Use Negative Feedback to Change Your Approach

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If you have an open-ended task or project that you need to work on, and you say, I don't really know how long I'm supposed to spend on this, because maybe there's not a clear done point. You want the time you hope from a scheduling perspective it might actually take. Two hours would be great. That's reasonable given how many of these discovery reports I have to do. Do your best to make that time work. If you get negative feedback, then change something.

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.

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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/