[jonmc12]

“Business destroys creativity, self-knowledge, emotional well-being, your ability to be social,” - does not seem to reconcile the partition of mental activity presented in "The Role of deliberate practice in the acquisition of expert performance" (summary: http://blog.vivekhaldar.com/post/3881908748/tldr-summary-the...) - notably, "The importance of rest" has its own section.

Productivity tools are not destructive, they are just useful in context and inefficient when mis-applied - just like any other tool.

[andrewthesmart]

What I say in the book is "chronic busyness destroys creativity, self-knowledge, emotional well-being, your ability to be social" and that I would argue is true. Deliberate practice to me means intense focus on one specific activity for a long period, not trying to juggle long to do lists or multitasking. Crucially, deliberate practice also I would argue an internally imposed task - in that the practitioner chooses to focus on it - rather than switching among hundreds of tasks a day on an externally imposed schedule. What I argue against in the book is trying to master "busyness" - because quite simply our brains are not designed to be busy and when they are busy the amazing things our brains can do are suppressed. That's my hypothesis - I think it's testable.

[anigbrowl]

I look forward to reading it - I was also greatly amused by your text adventure ;-)