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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