Mental
Is busyness the opposite of productivity?
The people who produce the most valuable work often look like they're doing less. Fewer emails. Fewer meetings. Fewer visible signs of effort. Meanwhile, the busiest people in the office often struggle to point to anything significant they actually created.
If you don't produce, you won't thrive — no matter how skilled or talented you are.— Cal Newport, *Deep Work*
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The thinker
Computer Scientist & Productivity Author
Cal Newport is a Georgetown computer science professor and bestselling author of Deep Work and A World Without Email, known for his research on focused work and digital minimalism.
Based on Cal Newport — Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World, summarised and reframed by Insights.
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