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The Dark Side of Productivity
Brian Naas | May 1 2008
“To allow oneself to be carried away by a multitude of conflicting concerns, to surrender to too many demands, to commit to too many projects, to want to help everyone in everything is itself to succumb to the violence of our times. Frenzy destroys our inner capacity for peace. It destroys the fruitfulness of our work, because it kills the root of inner wisdom which makes work fruitful.” -Thomas Merton 1 Comment
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 Yes, but that's the pointSubmitted by augmentedfourth on May 1, 2008 - 12:18pm.
If you’re following the right principles, you’ll be able to maintain productivity while keeping yourself from “surrender[ing] to too many demands” and “commit[ting] to too many projects.” Sounds like Merton needed a little “Guilt-Free Play.” » POSTED IN:
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