Managing Workload Effectively

Manage your workload proactively instead of waiting to be overwhelmed before saying no. Establish clear boundaries and limits on your capacity. Implement a poll-based system to manage workload instead of a push-based system. Utilize a reverse to-do list. Adjust your workload based on natural rhythms, like going easier in the summer. Make subtle changes in the projects you take on to manage workload without drawing attention. Quiet quitting is reducing work output for a short period without being noticed.

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Cal Newport is a professor of computer science at Georgetown University, where he is also a founding member of the Center for Digital Ethics. His books have sold millions of copies and been translated into over forty languages. He is also a contributor to The New Yorker and hosts the popular Deep Questions podcast. His new book is Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout.

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Timestamps for this episode are available below. Resources from this episode: https://tim.blog/2024/02/21/cal-newport-slow-productivity/

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Timestamps:

[00:00] Start

[06:14] Unforced Errors: The Internet Story.

[09:41] Techno-selectionism.

[18:06] Why YouTube and podcasts aren’t ideal bedfellows.

[23:03] Amish technology and Steve Martin.

[28:07] What prompted Cal to write Slow Productivity?

[31:35] Becoming a better writer through blogging.

[36:54] The benefits of obsessing over quality.

[40:54] How did Cal decide to identify himself as a writer?

[52:02] People who exemplify slow productivity.