Slow Productivity

<b>Cal Newport </b>is the author of several books including the<i> New York Times</i> bestseller <i>Digital Minimalism The Time-Block Planner Deep Work</i> and <i>So Good They Can't Ignore You and is </i>an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Georgetown University. You won't find him on Twitter Facebook or Instagram but you can often find him at home with his family in Washington DC or writing essays for his popular website calnewport.com. <p><b>From the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Digital Minimalism </i>and one of the world's top productivity experts a groundbreaking philosophy for creating great work at a sustainable pace.</b><br><br>Hustle culture. Burnout. Quiet quitting. Today we're either sacrificing ourselves on the altar of success or we're rejecting the idea of ambition entirely. But it doesn't have to be all or nothing. There is a way to create meaningful work as part of a balanced life and it's called 'slow productivity'.<br><br>Coined by Cal Newport the bestselling author of <i>Deep Work</i> and <i>Digital Minimalism</i> slow productivity is a revolutionary philosophy based on three simple principles: <br><br>1. Do fewer things.2. Work at a natural pace.3. Obsess over quality. <br><br>Examining the stories and habits of ancient and modern scientists philosophers artists and scholars who worked in this way Newport reveals just how transformative the slow productivity approach can be to producing a meaningful body of work. <br><br>From managing your energy according to the season to identifying which projects to pursue and which to set aside to building a schedule that yields maximum output with minimum stress this timely and essential book will revolutionise how you work helping you to accomplish great things at a more humane pace.</p> Here is <b>a book with not one but three powerful ideas about how to live a deeper less frenetic life while achieving more of what matters. I would say that I couldn't put it down - except that I was constantly putting it down to scribble notes to myself.</b> Cal Newport has made me think - and made me change.