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Re: Productivity porn

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Post by stingraycharles »

LordHeini wrote: post #31

I really don't get any of those "be more productive", book, video, course and so on. Every single person I know just wastes their time with that. Usualy they work long hours and still don't get much done. But hey, they have Zettelkasten with things the never read. A to do list with stuff they never do. And they go out in the morning at 5 for jogging, while gulping down a liter of coffe or energy drinks which results…

Being more productive rarely leads to a happy and fulfilled life. It’s often precisely those moments in life when I’m on my least productive, that I look back on as if I really lived.

Of course, be mindful of your time, but learn how to use it wisely, rather than optimizing for “productivity” as observed by others.

Re: Productivity porn

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Post by Sinidir »

doix wrote: post #50
LordHeini wrote: post #31

I really don't get any of those "be more productive", book, video, course and so on. Every single person I know just wastes their time with that. Usualy they work long hours and still don't get much done. But hey, they have Zettelkasten with things the never read. A to do list with stuff they never do. And they go out in the morning at 5 for jogging, while gulping down a liter of coffe or energy drinks which results…

> Especially in IT nothing will get you further than being smartly lazy. One day I'll finish my "self-help" book which is all about doing as little as possible and leaving everything until the last minute in case it resolves itself. Unfortunately, I listen to my own advise and will probably never finish the book.

What the hell. Why are you stealing my idea? I've been working on this for 30 years. Its about 10% done. I'll do the rest next weekend.

Re: Productivity porn

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Post by TrackerFF »

Yajirobe wrote: post #47
TrackerFF wrote: post #32

Hustle and grind. Create 7 streams of income. Work 18 hour days - anything less and you're a loser destined for mediocrity. Read 5 books a week. Start trading stocks and crypto. Take cold showers, hit the gym. Optimize your schedule, log every minute spent. Ditch your loser friends and only hang out with likeminded - success breeds success. Sigma grindset. Moon or bust. If you're not worth $1 million liquid before 30…

Reminds me of this awesome video - The Hustle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_o7qjN3KF8U

The real deal folks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjfwxZcsKoI

Re: Productivity porn

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Post by ketzo »

the__alchemist wrote: post #13

Where's the line? Watching self-help content is described in the article as productivity porn. What about reading a self-help book? A (let's say good quality) non-fiction book? A scientific paper? A text book? Taking a class? Working on a project that is likely to fail? Writing code? Writing an article? Writing a book? > When I look for solutions to this problem I only come up with half-baked ideas and more questions…

I think the easy rule of thumb is “do you ever actually do the thing you read about?”

Re: Productivity porn

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Post by someweirdperson »

> "Whether you are doom-scrolling on Instagram" [...]

This most likely isn't intended to be reading a never-ending stream of bad news (on instagram?), but simply an endlessly scrolling site that keeps loading content before reaching the end of the page. The wiktionary definition [0] seems wrong.

[0] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/doomscrolling#English

Re: Productivity porn

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Post by abledon »

TrackerFF wrote: post #32

Hustle and grind. Create 7 streams of income. Work 18 hour days - anything less and you're a loser destined for mediocrity. Read 5 books a week. Start trading stocks and crypto. Take cold showers, hit the gym. Optimize your schedule, log every minute spent. Ditch your loser friends and only hang out with likeminded - success breeds success. Sigma grindset. Moon or bust. If you're not worth $1 million liquid before 30…

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Re: Productivity porn

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Post by Syntonicles »

hahnbee wrote: post #15

It's the lesser of 2 evils. At least I'm learning when I'm consuming content that surrounds my work/lifestyle goals rather than just mindlessly scrolling through content that doesn't help me at all.

Agreed. This thread is filled with people who are confusing "consuming productivity content" with "actively being productive". It is one thing to discount reading blogs about time-tracking, efficiency and scheduling instead of implementing it in your daily life. It is quite another to discount the habits of productive people. To write those off en masse is to ignore the very real and obvious gradation of effectiveness we see in those around us.

There are two counter-points that are often dismissed. The first is that if you haven't encountered the concepts, you aren't likely to stumble upon them without searching. Learning to plan and organize your behavior is no different from learning the fundamentals of any other skill.

The second is precisely your point. Our thoughts and behaviors are driven by context. Given a person reading a blog about time-tracking and a person who-knows-where on an infinite social media scroll, who is more likely to close their browser and do whatever they feel is most important? I know who I would bet on.

Re: Productivity porn

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Post by californical »

someweirdperson wrote: post #66

> "Whether you are doom-scrolling on Instagram" [...] This most likely isn't intended to be reading a never-ending stream of bad news (on instagram?), but simply an endlessly scrolling site that keeps loading content before reaching the end of the page. The wiktionary definition [0] seems wrong. [0] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/doomscrolling#English

I think that people use it hyperbolically rather than literally in that context — the original meaning is correct, but people use the word in an exaggerated context to make a point
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