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Breaking Free From Productivity Addiction

Breaking Free From Productivity Addiction

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Alex Olshonsky
Aug 06, 2021
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After twelve years working in Silicon Valley, I became conditioned to operate under a deadline mindset. When I started working for myself earlier this year, one of the first things I noticed was a familiar, pesky thought:

Al, you didn’t do enough today.

The productivity ethos cuts into the very fabric of my psyche. My effectiveness as an employee and a te…

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