Reading Corner: Slow Productivity by Cal Newport
Cal Newport’s latest book, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout, is a must-read for every knowledge worker. In current times, it seems that everyone is focused on achieving more and more, following rules and patterns that no longer make sense as they were developed to limit physical fatigue of factory labor or maximize the use of solar light.
As we sprint towards the goal of always achieving more, we tend to add more tasks and responsibilities to our lists, ultimately leading to anxiety and having a negative impact on productivity. The book starts with an introduction to Pseudo-productivity, a concept used to describe the use of visible activity as the primary means of measuring actual productive efforts.