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Ep. 299: Our Love/Hate Relationship with Personal Productivity

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

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4 Pillars of Humanistic Productivity in Action

The first pillar is to focus on doing fewer things at once to avoid overload and burnout. The second pillar emphasizes working at a natural pace with realistic timeframes and clear deadlines. The third pillar highlights the importance of caring about quality and craft in work to make it sustainable. The final pillar underscores the need to organize time, tasks, and communication effectively without obsessing over it, to support the other three pillars of personal productivity.

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