😇 Slow Productivity - Cal Newport Book Summary
+ How to deal with burn out | Wisdom Letter #237
Cal Newport’s new book is out - Slow Productivity
Knowledge work cannot be measured like industrial work
Measure productivity in decades (not days)
How will you work if you had complete flexibility ?
What principles do we need to adapt to measure our productivity as knowledge workers?
Here’s my quick summary of the book -
Feeling overwhelmed trying to do it all?
I've been there. Here are 3 strategies that helped me avoid burnout:
Schedule non negotiable self care
Outsource lower-value tasks when possible
Established clear boundaries between work and family
I expanded on each point in this LinkedIn post.
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