Mindful productivity: a sustainable way to work and think - Ness Labs

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You don't need to meditate to experience the benefits of mindful productivity. It's more about acknowledging and accepting your mental states while working.

As someone who suffers from time anxiety —the constant fear that it’s too late to learn something new, to start a new project, to change direction—I often push myself to be as productive as humanly possible. Our society has been built on productivity principles. However, since the turn of the century, many entrepreneurs, researchers, and managers alike tend to agree that a pure focus on productivity can—ironically—prove counterproductive. As Albert Camus once said, “a society based on production is only productive, not creative.” Fortunately, there is an alternative approach: mindful productiv

Mindful productivity: a sustainable way to work and think - Ness Labs

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