The Case for Strategic Laziness

About this episode

The episode discusses how strategic laziness can enhance productivity by encouraging breaks and self-care.

How is it possible that doing less could make you more productive? It sounds like a contradiction, but the truth is most of us are grinding through the day in a way that's quietly working against us — skipping breaks, ignoring hunger, running on empty — and calling it discipline. It's not. It's just exhaustion […]

Topics covered

• productivity
• laziness
• work-life balance
• self-care
• discipline

Keywords

• productivity
• laziness
• self-improvement
• work habits
• discipline

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