How to be productive without burning out, with Cal Newport
Worklife with Adam Grant
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The Importance of Slow Productivity and Doing Fewer Things at Work
Slow productivity emphasizes doing fewer things simultaneously, working at a natural pace, and focusing on the quality of work. In knowledge work, the misconception of adding more tasks leads to increased administrative overhead and decreased actual task accomplishment. Fewer tasks at a time increase productivity and quality of work. Negotiating workload with transparency and surfacing available time can lead to a more reasonable distribution of tasks and help in achieving slow productivity.
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