The Frustration with Productivity Culture

Re:The Frustration with Productivity Culture by jh0486 on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @08:22PM (#28533429)

I can't say that I agree with this. There are the productivity "influencers" who say a lot of things but don't actually live it. There is a high correlation between being a productivity based person and being successful. Most of the leaders you admire are highly productive people and employ practices to increase their productivity, they're just too busy to soapbox about it.

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Re:The Frustration with Productivity Culture by bee_rider on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @08:40PM (#28533564)

I suspect the "influencers" and the "productivity gurus" you two are talking about are the same people. A guru is a type of teacher -- the really productive people don't have time to teach anyone other than, at best, their successors.

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Re:The Frustration with Productivity Culture by adamisom on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @09:21PM (#28533971)

Or perhaps they leveraged their success to reduce the amount of “busy” they have so as to make time to amplify the mindset or practices that helped them, because they think that can be their biggest gift to the world.

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Re:The Frustration with Productivity Culture by killtimeatwork on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @09:13AM (#28538660)

> Most of the leaders you admire

Perhaps you admire them. I don't, and I suspect a lot of the anti-productivity people don't as well.

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