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Re: Productivity porn

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Post by Kosirich »

Ensorceled wrote: post #23
Kosirich wrote: post #16

I wonder if people with (adult) ADD are more susceptible to this. Same as the author, I would like to hear the story of someone breaking the cycle for good.

I think the cure is to find a couple of systems that work and "settle" on them and stick to them. I have settled on the idea of "Minimal Viable Day" and "Minimal Viable Week" ... what are things that, if I did those things AND NOTHING ELSE, I would consider the day and week a success. Friday afternoon, I create a MVW todo item with 2-3 important things in it for the next week. Every morning I create MVD todo item wit…

Thanks for sharing. I understand what you mean and I'm currently doing something similar...again. What I (often) lack is the steps needed to go from a more complex long term project to MVW/MVD tasks and then sustaining that in the long run. I'm currently looking into ways of hacking this, this being the dopamine cycle.

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Post by easton »

Trasmatta wrote: post #52
Yajirobe wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

The videos on that channel are so good that they're painful to watch, when you realize how closely it matches the life you're living. This one is my favorite (or "least favorite" depending on how hard it hits on any given day): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYvhC_RdIwQ I feel like the people doing that channel could write a very effective modern Office Space.

The most recent one, "Leadership Sync", pops into my head in pretty much every meeting I've had in the last two weeks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RAMRukKqQg

Re: Productivity porn

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Post by ketzo »

cpach wrote: post #74
ketzo wrote: post #65

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

I like to read about lots of things. Urban planning, manufacturing, arts, culture, movies, politics, etc etc. Am I a manufacturer? Do I make oil paintings? Do I direct movies? Am I an elected officiel? No. I’m in tech, doing programming and sysadmin things. I’m a small cog in the whole scheme of things. Still interesting to read about what’s going on in other fields. Nothing wrong with that IMHO.

Agreed - but by the same token, I don’t think you would call any of that reading “productivity-related,” right?

Whereas if I, a software engineer, read 100 articles about micro services and make a bunch of grand plans without ever actually implementing anything… pornography.

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Post by jamil7 »

cercatrova wrote: post #79
Yajirobe wrote: post #47

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

The one about microservices is incredible: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8OnoxKotPQ

2 Years later I still have trouble watching this one, hits too close to home for an old job I had.

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Post by ozim »

goatcode wrote: post #5
Oarch wrote: post #3

You'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…

You say you were disheartened.

I bought and read Robert Kiyosaki - Rich Dad Poor Dad followed with Donald Trump - The Art of the Deal.

After reading these I felt worse than at the time I was actually mugged on the street. I think I paid like $20 for both books and muggers got something like $15 I had on me.

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Post by xkcd1963 »

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…

It's nice to be able to live ones potential through. This desire seems to stem from observing others "oh, could I eventually accomplish the same, or reach the same level?". It seems to me though genuine happiness can also be found through other means.

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Post by colpabar »

Trasmatta wrote: post #52
Yajirobe wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

The videos on that channel are so good that they're painful to watch, when you realize how closely it matches the life you're living. This one is my favorite (or "least favorite" depending on how hard it hits on any given day): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYvhC_RdIwQ I feel like the people doing that channel could write a very effective modern Office Space.

it is insane to me that this channel is being discussed today because literally 2 days ago it was recommended to me on youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8OnoxKotPQ

Re: Productivity porn

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Post by shepherdjerred »

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

I stumbled upon these guys in NYC! They’ve got the most relatable videos.
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