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Making real work more tractable
There are efforts we can make in our productivity that can keep us from easy satisfaction.
- Elevate the status of your sincere attempts. Measure your day by the deep work you took on.
- Narrow what counts as the "real" work. Only keep track of your deep work, and not by email, calls and other simple activities.
- Stop tracking. If counting the number of books you read keeps you from reading longer important works - stop counting.
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Tractability is inversely related to opportunity
Tractable tasks are easier. Most people will reach for the easier tasks, increasing competition for that work.
But people often shrink back from complicated work. If you can slog through the difficulties, it becomes more valuable because the competition is reduced. However...
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Understanding tractability bias
People crave progress. But that desire can distort what we work on. Some pursuits are more easily measured than others. This leads to tractability bias - the tendency to focus on goals with more noticeable progress.
Vital pursuits with greater potential often have ...
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Routine tasks vs Real work
With real work, frustrations and fatigue get bigger with each failure. If we don't show signs of success, we may abandon a project altogether. It's much easier to work on routine tasks that deliver immediate rewards.
But the more manageable routine tasks that we can tick off don...
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