Be comfortable with the idea of not always being under pressure. Double your timelines for tasks to allow more breathing room. Engineer seasonality into your workload by strategically scheduling projects to have slower periods. Remember, no one is meticulously tracking your workload, so take longer and create variations in your workflow to reduce stress and improve productivity.
Cal Newport shows how to achieve more by doing less.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) Why we’re measuring productivity all wrong
2) The surprising math showing how doing less means achieving more
3) The trick to eliminating tasks that don’t serve you
Cal Newport is a professor of computer science at Georgetown University and a founding member of the Center for Digital Ethics. In addition to his academic work, Newport is a New York Times bestselling author who writes for a general audience about the intersection of technology, productivity, and culture. He is also a contributor to The New Yorker and hosts the popular Deep Questions podcast.