Comments on: Why Productivity is Bunk

By: Charlie

Charlie — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:10:44 +0000

@Anonymous: I’m not really sure how to take your comment. Is “epic” good? Or is this one of those times where I have food in my teeth and everyone knows but me?:p

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:09:51 +0000

your tagline is epic.

By: Why Productivity is Bunk « Knowledge Workers

Why Productivity is Bunk « Knowledge Workers — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:50:51 +0000

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By: Uncle B

Uncle B — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:58:17 +0000

My Red Neck is Sore!!!
My will for productivity is certainly dampened by a government that , at the same time, and by the same “Panic Decree” drops the value of my savings, and it’s purchasing power, and ups the prices I pay to survive by inflation to bail out a bunch of white collared bastards that have done less than nothing to merit it. When I fuck up, I get my ass kicked! Fast! These guys get pork and golden parachutes to live a lifestyle me and my wife only see in the movies. Fuck this system it is corrupt to the core, fuck productivity, making the rich richer gives me tired bones and a sick stomach! I want Medicare, paid for by the shysters, I want a drug plan , paid for by the shysters, and I want it now – Otherwise I will retire to the bottle and my new color TV, and a soft cushion. They can fix their own damn economy mess! As for the Arab bastard oil extortionists, they can try eating the fucking stuff, I certainly can’t afford to buy it anymore!

By: Charlie

Charlie — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:03:21 +0000

@Andre: Great points. I think we may disagree somewhat on the details but largely see things in roughly the same way. I wonder about work and lucidity – I sometimes feel that I get more “work” done when I’m less lucid about what I’m trying to do. In the idea percolator…more to come on this one.

By: The Return of Productivity (via Merlin Mann) | Productive Flourishing

The Return of Productivity (via Merlin Mann) | Productive Flourishing — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:48:11 +0000

[...] high-time for this. Luckily, I wrote “Why Productivity is Bunk” last week so I don’t seem completely like a Johnny Come lately, but Merlin said what I [...]

By: Comfort or Excellence: It’s One or the Other, Not Both. : Brazen Careerist - A Career Center for Generation Y

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:42:25 +0000

[...] I know I’ve recently railed against American culture and our ideological inconsistencies, but the impetus of this post is not from that, but rather Steve Kennedy’s comment in “Why Productivity is Bunk.” [...]

By: Andre Kibbe

Andre Kibbe — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:26:27 +0000

I've come to realize that the root of our frustration with "productivity" lies in our poorly conceived definition of "work." Productivity is the art of converting thought into action, action into outcome, and outcome into purpose. When people choose to limit productivity to a definition of "work" that's confined to activity intended for economic exchange, an entire dimension of personal and social flourishing is lost. I define work as the energy required to realize a desired outcome, and productivity as the measure of that. Most of what I see in the bloggosphere about productivity discusses the subject either in terms of motivation or "technique" as Jacques Ellul would describe it -- or "technics" as Lewis Mumford would. I believe that real productivity starts with lucidity. There's not much point in doing more work until its purpose as been clarified. Andre Kibbes last blog post..Ubiquity Redux: 15 More Commands to Get More from the Web

By: Comfort or Excellence: Your Choice. | Productive Flourishing

Comfort or Excellence: Your Choice. | Productive Flourishing — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 17:30:23 +0000

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By: gregorylent

gregorylent — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:37:51 +0000

yoga is only for quietening the mind, anybody who has a mind can do it. advantage – less mental rubbish in the way between you and what you want to do. dead simple.