Productivity porn
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Productivity porn
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#2Darn, this is completely true. I feel like such a techie when I scroll HN and hoard links for later perusal. In fact I feel so much better than I did about the same time spent on FB or Reddit. But I'm still not putting that time into constructive pursuits.
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#3You've discovered the motivational industrial complex. I think this nicely sums up the content of many magazines.
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#4adds to Safari reading list, later files to `to read` bookmarks
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#5You've discovered the motivational industrial complex. I think this nicely sums up the content of many magazines.
I was disheartened when I read about all these successful people and their lofty advice. I was more disheartened when I realized their advice is just the random stuff they happened to do that on their path to success, and that equivalent advice of the myriad failures that complement them would never be heard (and that both were of approximately equal value). Despite how in the overmind the notion of "correlation is not causation," this snake oil is surprisingly only beginning to go out of fashion.
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#6I think it’s equally unhealthy to be obsessed with being productive 100% of the time.
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#7You've discovered the motivational industrial complex. I think this nicely sums up the content of many magazines.
I was disheartened when I read about all these successful people and their lofty advice. I was more disheartened when I realized their advice is just the random stuff they happened to do that on their path to success, and that equivalent advice of the myriad failures that complement them would never be heard (and that both were of approximately equal value). Despite how in the overmind the notion of "correlation is n…
Most of the "advice" is just stuff some ghostwriters came up with that sound good and fit into whatever image those people want to publicly project.
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#8Cool! Added this to my Notion board!
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
I was disheartened when I read about all these successful people and their lofty advice. I was more disheartened when I realized their advice is just the random stuff they happened to do that on their path to success, and that equivalent advice of the myriad failures that complement them would never be heard (and that both were of approximately equal value). Despite how in the overmind the notion of "correlation is n…
Most of the "advice" is just stuff some ghostwriters came up with that sound good and fit into whatever image those people want to publicly project.
Goes back to Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. That book really started the "self-improvement" movement.
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#10While this term gets overused, I think what we're really saying is that we're addicted to success. Or the idea that we will be successful if we are overly productive.
If you watch many of the people on social media who are "productivity gurus", you will notice that their philosophy of how to stay productive will shift as the content gets stale and they need something more novel to talk about with their growing audience. Many of them are just like you and me and cover the latest bestseller book or popular tweet that has merit to it, but then gets discarded after we realize it doesn't work in our lives.
In turn, they also become wildly successful by providing you surface level tips on how to be a little more productive each day.
While I used to be obsessed about this topic or what others call "hustle culture", I think you have to go through it before you realize how finite one's life really is. The overworking, the "always on"-ness, the comparison to others who happened to reach success earlier than us.
It all doesn't matter at the end of the day. The simplistic perspective is that you can take common occasions and make them great and you'll find success or at least a better understanding of your definition of "success".