Slow Productivity

 
　　職場被奮鬥文化（hustle culture）所籠罩，鼓吹人們勤奮工作，付出更多時間與努力，以換取成果。每天被滿載的日程表追著跑，忙碌地趕在時限內完成任務清單、回覆電子郵件、繳交報告、參與會議……日復一日極盡所能做了一長串的工作，但待辦清單卻愈加愈長，問題的癥結，是什麼？屈從於忙碌文化，燃燒自己卻瀕臨耗竭的狀態，真的是我們唯一的選擇嗎？
 
　　暢銷書《Deep Work深度工作力》作者在《Slow Productivity》這本新書中，提倡一種更具開創性、更有價值的工作哲學，省思如何「做更少的事、以合乎自然更舒適的節奏工作、追求品質」。
 
　　各行各業的頂尖人才，如何創造真正的價值呢？史上最具創造力和影響力的哲學家、科學家、藝術家和作家，都精通「配速」的藝術，這些智者在產出精練、珍貴的內容時，會為自己保留充足的能量，這是一種更長遠、永續發展工作型態。伽利略、牛頓、珍‧奧斯汀、喬治亞·歐姬芙等卓越的知識工作者，緩慢卻持續地獻出超凡的工作成果。
 
　　聚焦在真正有意義的成就上，就能安心地放慢速度，以更為人道的方式工作，《Slow Productivity》正是我們所需要的新職場文化。(文/博客來編譯)

　　~ Do Fewer Things. Work at a Natural Pace. Obsess over Quality. ~

　　From the New York Times bestselling author of Digital Minimalism and Deep Work, a groundbreaking philosophy for pursuing meaningful accomplishment while avoiding overload

　　Our current definition of “productivity” is broken. It pushes us to treat busyness as a proxy for useful effort, leading to impossibly lengthy task lists and ceaseless meetings. We’re overwhelmed by all we have to do and on the edge of  burnout, left to decide between giving into soul-sapping hustle culture or rejecting ambition altogether. But are these really our only choices?

　　Long before the arrival of pinging inboxes and clogged schedules, history’s most creative and impactful philosophers, scientists, artists, and writers mastered the art of producing valuable work with staying power. In this timely and provocative book, Cal Newport harnesses the wisdom of these traditional knowledge workers to radically transform our modern jobs. Drawing from deep research on the habits and mindsets of a varied cast of storied thinkers – from Galileo and Isaac Newton, to Jane Austen and Georgia O’Keefe – Newport lays out the key principles of “slow productivity,” a more sustainable alternative to the aimless overwhelm that defines our current moment. Combining cultural criticism with systematic pragmatism, Newport deconstructs the absurdities inherent in standard notions of productivity, and then provides step-by-step advice for cultivating a slower, more humane alternative.

　　From the aggressive rethinking of workload management, to introducing seasonal variation, to shifting your performance toward long-term quality, Slow Productivity provides a roadmap for escaping overload and arriving instead at a more timeless approach to pursuing meaningful accomplishment. The world of work is due for a new revolution. Slow productivity is exactly what we need.

卡爾‧紐波特（Cal Newport）

　　三十歲前即取得麻省理工學院博士學位，現任喬治城大學電腦科學系副教授，著有《Deep Work深度工作力》（The Time-Block Planner）、《深度數位大掃除》（Digital Minimalism）、《深度職場力》（So Good They Can’t Ignore You）等八本暢銷書。