The lost art of accomplishment without burnout

Key notes

What to take away.

1. 01
   Productivity came from factories

   We measured it as how much gets made per hour, which doesn't fit knowledge work.

2. 02
   Too many things at once

   Knowledge workers juggle seven or eight different projects at the same time.

3. 03
   Busy isn't the same as useful

   Pseudo-productivity treats visible activity as a stand-in for real effort, and performing busyness leads to burnout.

4. 04
   Slow productivity

   Newport's alternative focuses on the quality of what you produce over time, built on three principles.