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Prioritizing what truly matters involves identifying high-value activities and investing in improving them. This might mean acquiring better tools, refining skills, or dedicating more attention to tasks that produce the most significant impact. Newport exemplifies this with his own experience at MIT, where he purchased a modest lab notebook to take his work more seriously, leading to higher quality and more meaningful results.
The Benefits of Embracing Slow Productivity
Adopting these principles transforms the nature of work. Instead of equating activity with productivity, workers focus on completing fewer, more valuable projects with higher quality, at a natural and sustainable pace. This results in:
Faster completion of important tasks
Superior quality of work