The Minimalist Productivity System (6 Years Of Work In 6 Months)

The clever man may work smarter, not harder, they say, but the creative man doesn’t work at all.

I’ve been rereading one of my favorite books, Rest, by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang. I have a deep desire to share what I’ve learned, because I feel like the world is in dire need of hearing this right now:

Most people struggle to do good work because they work too much.

Their mind is always on.

Out of gas, pushing down the road because you “need” to get to whatever destination you’re heading to.

Stuck in doing mode, a narrow-minded state that, when left unchecked, leads to that hot ball of stress in your chest that you have difficulty identifying the source of.

That feeling of a closed mind.

The one that hurts your quality time with others. The one that makes you unappreciative of life’s innate richness. The one where you forget how it feels to have a clear line of thought.

These people wear overwork as a badge of honor.

They feel like they can’t stop working because they need to keep up in the imaginary race they thought themselves into.

I want to propose a different way of doing work.

We no longer live in a world that benefits the individual who works 40 to 80 hours a week (as a repetitive and eternal lifestyle, not as an occasional thing).