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Optimization Trap

Why Your Productivity Hacks Are Holding You Back

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Aug 29, 2024
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Dear Unlearner,

I wrote one of the most viral productivity articles ever, reaching millions in a dozen languages. Now, I'm about to bite the hand that fed me. The $79 billion productivity software industry and viral productivity gurus don't want you to know this secret.

Your productivity app will be a distraction. 

Your to-do list system will be procrastination in disguise. 

Your time-blocking schedule will be another way to avoid real work.

Your note taking system is an excuse to not write.

Nobody becomes productive by reading about productivity.

Nobody finds the perfect system on the first try. 

Nobody optimizes their way to success from day one.

We all fail at being productive in the beginning. But... 

Action beats optimization every time. 

Productivity hacks are just fancy excuses for procrastination.

It’s easier to read a hundred productivity articles on the internet than start working.

We always think the perfect system is the answer to great output. But the most productive people know a sec…

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