productivity

Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout | Cal Newport

In the midst of a fun but exhausting weekend, I have a lull between entertaining responsibilities. If I could nap, I would, but instead I'm drinking my coffee and trying to get my brain to focus on the Spanish translation of the tagged. I'm at an interesting point in my understanding of Spanish where reading is easier than I expect, but every now and then I get stuck with no idea how the words go together. This book might take me forever to read.

Ruthiella With practice and context , your brain will start to make those connections, I‘ll bet! 👍 2w

ImperfectCJ @Ruthiella Thanks for the vote of confidence! After having mixed success reading children's books and fiction in Spanish, I actually think the self-help genre might be the way to go for me. There's so much repetition, I get to see the same idea presented a few different ways, which is great for improving my language skills, I think! Still slow, but that's probably good, too, for now. 1w

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Vivlio_Gnosi

Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout | Cal Newport

Following up Deep Work with this book which was also assigned to me at my job.

#nonfiction #business #bestseller

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Vivlio_Gnosi

Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World | Cal Newport

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This book is a solid work on putting more value on your time and spending it on projects, goals, etc. that really matter and reducing the time spent on fluff. It's geared towards knowledge workers (professors, marketing reps, etc.) but has plenty of applications for any walk of life. A primary goal of Newport is to help his readers that they're more capable of effective time management than we feel like.

#nonfiction #business #productivity

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Vivlio_Gnosi

Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World | Cal Newport

The 4 Disciplines of Execution:

1) Focus on the Wildly Important
2) Act on the Lead Measures
3) Keep a Compelling Scoreboard
4) Create a Cadence of Accountability

#nonfiction #business

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Vivlio_Gnosi

Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World | Cal Newport

#nonfiction #business

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Vivlio_Gnosi

Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World | Cal Newport

#nonfiction #business

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Susanita

Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity | David Allen

As a #longtimefed I kept my own journal of what I did each day. Among other things, it made it easier to prepare my accomplishments at evaluation time.

Here are 5 things I did in a particularly memorable week.
1. Met with boss for weekly progress review. Provided a written summary on which boss took copious notes.
2. Made follow-up calls on all discussed projects. Left messages because nobody answered. Because they were out doing the work. ⬇️

Susanita 3. Addressed an average of 15 calls/visits a day from staff of the supported organization. (Yes, I was the de facto office receptionist.) 2mo

Susanita 4. Attended a meeting about the highest priority project. Sent a detailed follow-up email to all attendees and my boss who couldn‘t be bothered. 2mo

Susanita 5. Got ambushed by boss‘s boss in an impromptu meeting and explained everything discussed in point one. 2mo

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Susanita It‘s been twenty years (!) since I was in that scenario, and yes I‘m still bitter. 2mo

Tamra How about treating people like the qualified professionals they were determined to be when they were hired? That means assuming they are doing their jobs without babysitting. 2mo

Leftcoastzen I hear you ! Here they fired two guys from VA who help when Vets struggle with mortgages. It‘s really efficient to push more vets towards homelessness! 2mo

Leftcoastzen When I got deeper into the story they help any vet with any financial hardship 2mo

TheBookHippie I‘m just exasperated… 2mo

TheBookHippie @Tamra right?! 2mo

TheBookHippie It‘s Putins orders, it‘s so unreal. 2mo

Susanita @tamra Right?!? Obviously, I had my share of bad managers, but I also had good managers. In any case, the structure for monitoring work is in the office where the work takes place. He‘s already admitted it was all a ruse anyway. 2mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Susanita they just want it all in an email (probably an unsecured email) that anyone on X knows is out there, that can be captured as it arrives by any country that wants to know what our gov is doing, and then can make counter-measures accordingly, plus know which workers are best to target to get more access to whatever they want. It‘s a huge national security risk. Whoever hacks those mails know who is involved in everything from ⤵️ 2mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ from fire fighting to nuclear development to translating Russian along with their name & email. I am a civilian who has never worked in gov and I can see that as a huge security risk. 2mo

Susanita @Leftcoastzen So much for caring about veterans!!! 2mo

Susanita @Riveted_Reader_Melissa @TheBookHippie I figured they‘d just use AI to review the tasks and justify canning people. Or as one more way to mock federal employees, but it makes sense that they would also use it to provide free intel to Russia or whoever. 2mo

dabbe Stephen Colbert's reply to Musk's so called mandate:
To: Elon Musk
Subject: What did I do last week?
1. Your mom.
2. Your mom.
3. Your mom.
4. Your mom.
5. Your mom.

I can't even come up with an adequate phrase to describe this arse. 👊🏻❣️👊🏻 2mo

melissajayne If you go to The Breakdown on Substack, you‘ll find some interesting responses from people who responded to Elon‘s email 2mo

melissajayne One government employee wrote this: 1. Stuck pins into Elon voodoo doll
2. Stuck pins into Trump voodoo doll
3. Stuck pins into RFK Jr voodoo doll
4. Stuck pins into MAGA hat
5. Went to buy more pins 2mo

Captivatedbybooks My poor sister was off (we were going to a funeral) and was so worried. Since she had her laptop they told her to log on and reply to then get that notice at 2pm it was necessary to reply. Like WTF 2mo

lil1inblue @melissajayne I don't know this employee, but I am sure we would be besties. 😍 2mo

Susanita @melissajayne @lil1inblue same 😄 2mo

Susanita @Captivatedbybooks I‘m sorry for your loss, and I‘m sorry your sister is going through this added stress. These people have no souls. 2mo

Suet624 @dabbe @melissajayne brilliant! 2mo

Leniverse Man Carrying Thing did a great skit about this: https://youtu.be/ottkSQYunnk?si=KcFzp-HSAGltVxq5 2mo

Susanita @Leniverse 👍🏻👍🏻 2mo

ncsufoxes My husband is a contractor with the National Cancer Institute. Since he has a govt email address he gets all these emails. I told him he should say 1) I‘m reading your 20 plus emails a day 2) I‘m trying to find a treatment/drug to solve f-n cancer (which will make the govt money) let me do my job 2mo

Susanita @ncsufoxes Ugh. Nothing boosts productivity like constantly having to justify yourself. 2mo

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Julsmarshall

Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout | Cal Newport

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This was a thought provoking book about knowledge workers, unnecessary busy-ness and what quality truly looks like in the work world. It gave me a lot to think about and I‘m so grateful that the staff leadership at my organization is reading this together. A lot of work/self help/productivity books fall flat for me but this was worth the read! #BookspinBingo

TheBookHippie This has been recommend to me by a friend! 3mo

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ImperfectCJ

The Bullet Journal Method: Track the Past, Order the Present, Design the Future | Ryder Carroll

I am an avid journaler, but apparently an even more avid journal purchaser. At my current rate of journaling, this is 3.5-4 years' supply. I have decided that I am not allowed to buy any more journals until 2027 (unless I start using them faster and need another sooner than that).

JenlovesJT47 Can relate! I have a box full of empty journals 😆 6mo

Sace I can‘t seem to resist buying them either…and I don‘t even journal on a daily basis. I love jotting notes about my day, but one page can easily have 5 or more days on it. 6mo

TheBookHippie Feel free to join us in #journalingprompts 🤣🤣🤣 I also have this problem… 6mo

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ImperfectCJ @TheBookHippie This is tempting! I also have consistent intentions to follow this book. I'll do it for a few days/weeks then set it aside.

A Writer's Book of Days: A Spirited Companion and Lively Muse for the Writing Life

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TheBookHippie @ImperfectCJ oh that looks good! 6mo

Suet624 I‘m with you all. 6mo

Anna40 This is wonderful. Do you have a set time when you write? Do you write every day? 6mo

DogMomIrene What brand do you like best? I bought some Moleskin journals and I was surprised how much my pen bled through. I did a pen test in the back and every pen I own showed through. I remember Moleskin being better quality, but that would have been years ago. 6mo

ImperfectCJ @Anna40 I do a check-in each morning and evening, and then I try to log a few things throughout the day. It's pretty Bullet Journal-inspired. 6mo

ImperfectCJ @DogMomIrene I agree about Moleskines. I used to use them a lot, but I wonder if they changed their paper. I can only use ballpoints without gel ink in them. I like Leuchtturm best overall these days, but Rhodia and Clairefontaine also have awesome paper and a lot of color options. 6mo

DogMomIrene @ImperfectCJ Thanks! I‘ll be checking those out. 6mo

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Bevita

Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout | Cal Newport

so-so

I skimmed this because of course I am no good at slow. Good ideas here — allow twice as much time for projects as you think you need because you actually need that long.

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