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

stephgrani's review

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informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

araellion's review

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informative

3.25

floriankogler's review

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hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

mrahilario's review

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informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

mmamckinney's review against another edition

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challenging informative fast-paced

3.0

anajurs's review

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5.0

His disdain for leftist thought is funny considering that he endorses many of the same ideas

niks1215's review

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informative reflective slow-paced

3.5

breqthis's review

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2.75

When the author touch on how capitalism and individualism promoted a quicker paced everything, the book clicked. Unfortunately, most of it was stories of people/examples the reader didn’t care about and lessons that the reader did not believe were realistic. 

The story of economic growth in the modern western world is in many ways a story about the triumph in productivity thinking. 
Improving systems instead of individuals
Visible as an indicator of productivity 
Pseudo-productivity: the use of visible activity as primary means of approximating actual productive effort. 

lillyxz's review against another edition

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hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

4.25

Ich bin ein großer Cal Newport Fan. Das Buch ist super, die Ideen sind super und in Ergänzung zu seinem Podcast bekommt man ein großzügiges Bild, wie Produktivität anders und mehr sustainable gedacht werden kann. Ich hätte mir aber an vielen Stellen mehr Tiefe gewünscht, mehr ausführliche Beschreibungen der praktischen Ausführungen der Tipps und warum sie funktionieren. Viele einzelne Unterkante, zB zum Thema Rituale, hätten ein eigenes Buch für mich sein können. Das Buch lässt einen also viele Dinge selbst lösen, inspiriert aber!

emmaledbetter's review against another edition

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informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-paced

5.0