Skip to content

Can you make productivity feel good? 🤔

2024-03-30 · Short · Ali · recording, 0:47 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Productivity and time · mode: Explanation and tutorial · tags: Feel-Good Productivity thesis, His own products discussed

In a Short, Ali explains what feel-good productivity means: against the narrative that productivity is pushing a boulder up a hill with discipline, willpower and grit, his book explores how to make it feel good, since our best work comes when it feels enjoyable and energising.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — What feel-good productivity means: the boulder narrative, and doing our best work when it feels good

  • ★★ Ali says we have all been fed the narrative that productivity must be painful, like pushing a boulder up a hill with more discipline, willpower or grit; his book Feel-Good Productivity explores how to make productivity feel good instead. — 00:00:00 · Feel-Good Productivity (book), feel-good productivity (concept)
  • ★★★ Ali says our best work comes not under stress, pain or suffering but when the work feels enjoyable and energising, which makes us perform better and is far more sustainable; he says all the evidence shows this. — 00:00:29 · feel-good productivity (concept)

Threads in this video

Mentioned

Central: feel-good productivity (concept) · pushing the boulder up the hill

Also: Feel-Good Productivity (book) · grit (concept)

Also centred on pushing the boulder up the hill: 5 Mistakes Procrastinators Make (And How To Avoid Them...)

← Previous: Stop Wasting Time - 11 Tools to Double Your Focus · Next → Boost your energy by working harder ⚡️