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A Different Way of Thinking About Productivity
Productivity is a trap. Becoming more efficient just makes you more rushed, and trying to clear the decks simply makes them fill up again faster.
Oliver Burkeman • Four Thousand Weeks: Embrace your limits. Change your life. Make your four thousand weeks count.
From James Clear’s 3-2-1: Time assets vs. Time debts, slow change, and the importance of failure
Time assets vs. Time debts.
Time assets are choices that save you time in the future. Think: saying no to a meeting, automating a task, working on something that persists and compounds.
Time debts are choices that must be repaid and cost you time in the
... See moreEvery change you make begets more time spent to implement that change—and we always underestimate it. Ask the question “Does it multiply your time?” If the answer is no, and things are working, then stick with what you’ve got.