Slow productivity : the lost art of accomplishment without burnout / Cal Newport.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Newport, Cal, author.

Contributor:

Class of 1932 Fund.

Lippincott Library Book Endowment Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Burn out (Psychology).

Humanism.

Labor productivity.

humanism.

United States.

Genre:

Self-help publications.

Physical Description:

244 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

[New York, New York] : Portfolio/Penguin, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2024]

Summary:

"The author of Digital Minimalism and Deep Work offers a philosophy for pursuing meaningful accomplishment while avoiding overload. History's most creative and impactful philosophers, scientists, artists, and writers mastered the art of producing valuable work with staying power. In this book, Cal Newport harnesses the wisdom of these traditional knowledge workers to transform modern jobs. Drawing from research on the habits and mindsets of a varied cast of thinkers from Galileo and Isaac Newton to Jane Austen and Georgia O'Keefe, Newport lays out the key principles of "slow productivity" and provides step-by-step advice for workers to replace the standard notion of productivity with a slower, more humane alternative"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part 1 : Foundations

Chapter 1 : The Rise and Fall of Pseudo-Productivity

Chapter 2 : A Slower Alternative

Part 2 : Principles

Chapter 3 : Do Fewer Things

Chapter 4 : Work at a Natural Pace

Chapter 5 : Obsess over quality

Notes:

Place of publication from publisher's website.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Newport, Cal. Slow productivity

ISBN:

9780593544853

0593544854

OCLC:

1382526321