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I hired 5 people to sit behind me and make me productive for a month — LessWrong

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Warning: this is not in typical LessWrong "style", but nevertheless I think it is of interest to people here. Most people approach productivity from the bottom up. They notice something about a process that feels inefficient, so they set out to fix that specific problem. They use a website blocker and a habit tracker, but none of these tools address the root problem. Personally, I even went as far as making my own tools, but they yielded only marginally more productive time. I craved more, and I was willing to go as far as it takes. I wanted to solve productivity top down—with a system that would enforce non stop productivity with zero effort on my part. I had tried less intense “watch you work” solutions before. Sharing a screen with someone through FocusMate coworking was great, but I had problems scheduling and keeping consistent sessions because of my chaotic calendar. StudyTogether’s leaderboard was a great way to push myself to spend hours in the server, but I found myself eating

x I hired 5 people to sit behind me and make me productive for a month — LessWrong Productivity Self Improvement Practical Curated 254 I hired 5 people to sit behind me and make me productive for a month by Simon Berens 5th Feb 2023 Linkpost for www.simonberens.com 12 min read 83 254 Warning: this is not in typical LessWrong "style", but nevertheless I think it is of interest to people here. Most people approach productivity from the bottom up. They notice something about a process that feels inefficient, so they set out to fix that specific problem. They use a website blocker and a habit trac

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