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“In most cases, people don’t measure the productivity of knowledge workers and when we do, we do it in really silly ways, like how many papers do academics produce, regardless of quality.”
― Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

“The relentless overload that’s wearing us down is generated by a belief that ‘good’ work requires increasing busyness—faster responses to email and chats, more meetings, more tasks, more hours.”
― Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

“PRINCIPLE #3: OBSESS OVER QUALITY Obsess over the quality of what you produce, even if this means missing opportunities in the short term. Leverage the value of these results to gain more and more freedom in your efforts over the long term.”
― Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

“But recognize that a practitioner of slow productivity cannot afford to spend nothing.”
― Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout