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What's next for personal productivity

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Re: What's next for personal productivity

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Post by _rupertius »

I think this article misunderstands what productivity is and is trying to achieve.

Productivity is about achieving your goals with as little waste as possible, and getting things done. It's not about deciding what those goals are. That's not a slight on productivity, it's just what the word means.

This article isn't talking about productivity, it's talking about meaning & fulfilment. But the idea that deciding what you want out of your own life is some new thing (a "3.0" as opposed to something humans have been concerned about since the dawn of time) is a mistake.

So... I'm not sure if it really says anything.

Re: What's next for personal productivity

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_rupertius wrote: post #7

I think this article misunderstands what productivity is and is trying to achieve. Productivity is about achieving your goals with as little waste as possible, and getting things done. It's not about deciding what those goals are. That's not a slight on productivity, it's just what the word means. This article isn't talking about productivity, it's talking about meaning & fulfilment. But the idea that deciding what y…

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Re: What's next for personal productivity

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Post by justindirose »

jaqalopes wrote: post #4
sg47 wrote: post #2

https://elenasalaks.medium.com/i-just-dont-want-to-be-busy-a...

Exactly what I thought of reading this. The idea of "productivity" doesn't even make sense. People don't want to be productive, people want to be happy.

Author here. This is essentially what I’m getting at!
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