## Top 3 Quotes ![[My Inputs/My Books/Slow Productivity#^m1by8u]] ![[My Inputs/My Books/Slow Productivity#^nqkrv7]] - The goal, sounds like non-capitalist ADHD. I like this as an inference for [[My ideal life]] and it's nice to see some of his personality in the writing ## 3 Sentence Summary > What are the crucial points in this book that make it iconic, ideas I want to remember for the rest of my life? 1. Slow productivity means to focus on the quality not quantity of your efforts 2. You think and do for the long-term, and that is by prioritizing sustainability. 3. If you want a true 3-sentence summary just reference the actual summary in [[My Resources/My MOCs/Slow Productivity]] LOL ## Author's Purpose ![[My Inputs/My Books/Slow Productivity#^aso0hf]] ![[My Inputs/My Books/Slow Productivity#^52dw8d]] ## Content ![[My Inputs/My Books/Slow Productivity#^fcu6hp]] ### Concepts [[There is no universal measurement for knowledge work productivity]] [[The transition from hustle culture to slow productivity]] [[Knowledge work]] [[Overhead tax]] [[Streamlining collaboration]] [[My Resources/My MOCs/Slow Productivity]] [[Work cycles]] [[Define your limits for accomplishments and expectations]] ### Practices ## Personal Revelations It's about changing your mindset through these better alternatives and their exploration where you realize how your previous interpretation was not worth it once I personally started only working in 4-hour days I realized that it wasn't worth it to work 8:00 ### Why I started reading this book %% How was this book relevant to my current life? Did it answer a specific question, enlighten me on a topic, etc. %% Really enjoyed his recent podcast episodes prior to the book launch about the deep life stack and was hoping this would dive into it more. Unfortunately not as much as I would have liked, it's more-so just the tip of the iceberg (which is excusable if this is only a part of the bigger picture) ### Review As another reviewer pointed out, it was a nice self-loathing exercise to know that I am doing these principles, but there was nothing particularly new for me. He brings up the argument, but the solutions are nothing new. #### Insight Not related but the reason why this generic advice are not completely useless is because they are the most relevant actions for the solution he is trying to build. Otherwise it's nothing new. #### Synthesis I wish he had went further into [[The Deep Life Stack V2]], sounds like someone might have to pick up an actionable implementation for him � � #### Contradictory ![[My Inputs/My Books/Slow Productivity#^zn0iji]] - Doesn't this contradict [[Work at a natural pace]]? - ![[My Inputs/My Books/Slow Productivity#^j22w46]] - The main consequence is that you break a core part of slow productivity lol ![[My Inputs/My Books/Slow Productivity#^dvuhtj]] ![[My Inputs/My Books/Slow Productivity#^q8n1cw]] - Doesn't this contradict the idea of doing less and minimizing expenses? I just find it interesting that he is advocating for this external force dictating your work, instead of a pure bootstrapped indie creator he encourages you to take a venture capital route because that definitely won't cause external deadlines and stress? ![[My Inputs/My Books/Slow Productivity#^7dm358]] - doesn't this kind of go against the power of slow productivity since you're just imposing deadlines again? ## Future Plans - Felt like I highlighted a lot more obvious stuff than I should. First book in a while where I found myself consistently skipping highlights 😅 ### Action Items - ### Questions - ### Further Reading - *Free Time* - Company of one - ![[My Inputs/My Books/Slow Productivity#^oh6fyk]]