Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

by Cal Newport

PRINCIPLE #1: DO FEWER THINGS Strive to reduce your obligations to the point where you can easily imagine accomplishing them with time to spare. Leverage this reduced load to more fully embrace and advance the small number of projects that matter most.

it’s easy to mistake “do fewer things” as a request to “accomplish fewer things.”

Missions require that you initiate “projects,” which is my term for any work-related initiative that cannot be completed in a single session.

“Irresponsibility requires eternal vigilance,”