@Southsidesocialworker
As a working wife and mother, who is also a big fan of Cal Newport and his processes, I really appreciate your views on this. I hope he considers the burden of family responsibilities that productive women often face.
@matthewcaldwell8100
Cal Newport is only deep to shallow people. People aren’t burnt out because they thought overworking themselves was a super neat idea. Many of us aren’t given a choice. Our managers and employers enforce this frenetic pace and threaten us with discipline or joblessness otherwise. Organizations will literally cite tactics like what he recommends as pretexts for letting some one go. Maybe this works for a tenured professor or a freelancer with sufficient security to choose what projects they pursue, but he’s not marketing to that narrow a demographic, is he? Ultimately, he’s written another book for people like himself. Like so much of self help, this is a book about success management.
@zenmasterx
My experience with employers was their attitude toward assignment was "Shut up and do it." They did not analyze how best to achieve the organization's goals. It was "I pay you, here's the work." That doesn't mean slow productivity isn't worth pursuing, but like anything, you have to modify to your circumstances.
@lyra_durst
Great review! I really appreciated your balanced approach and you pointing out the weaknesses of this book in a way that is not confrontational but constructive (which is hard considering they are the tipical eyeroll issues found in most books written by privileged cis white men). Also the video production is very good! Which is particularly impressive considering how small the channel is. Will check your other videos out!
@dustinrsharp2
I really enjoyed your perspective. I dont always see the missing pieces that keep things from being the right solution until im trying it out myself
@lucaskazama878
I'm a long fan of cal newport. I agree with everything you said. I like to see his interviews and podcast more than his book, because there he is confronted with these exact questions, and then he enters deep into these dark corners, not giving exact solutions, or simply saying, I don't have a solution other than you changing jobs. yet his views helped me a lot in my own life. specially if you are trying to build a business as I am. buy again, you are right. I was in the military for example when I met him. There if I say No to a task in my country, I can even get arrested for insubordination, so, I'm surrounded by politics, while trying to be the more honest as possible to my many bosses (the military has a lot of administration work too).
@aibophobia_bob
Thank you! You highlighted and explained the important points so well. I found the Pull Workflow explanations particularly helpful, since I struggle with adding too many tasks to my to-do lists or jumping from one thing to the next. I feel like I'm drowning in tasks I need/want to do (my YouTube "Watch Later" list is a disaster). Your approach to "pulling" items into your workflow only when you are ready is a helpful mindset for me. And I appreciate the "issues" you highlighted. I'm not always aware of why advice doesn't quite work for me and often wonder what I'm doing wrong. Even though I'm white, male, etc., I'm often in a caretaker role, which makes some of these principles difficult to apply. It can lead to frustration in my situation without realizing why it's happening (I read the advice, try but can't do it because of my responsibilities, get frustrated at myself and others, repeat). Elucidating these issues and making them concrete helps me frame this type of advice to my situation more clearly. TY!
@debraraby4376
I have just subscribed and amazed that you don't have more followers. Excellent review, thank you.
@theupwardspiral1580
Thank you so much! Ah this is so helpful
@Hellokitty7163
Around minute 16: « …like Europe, shut down for a month… » um no , Europe is a continent with over 25 different countries and cultures. We do not all shut down in August.Seriously, people, the level of ignorance of the US is disturbing.
@chuyencuaco
wow thank you very for this review / VERY practical with most of our situation
@alike5375
i like that u used 2 rules to mesure the book .(the 3 and 4 stars )
@jaro_makosz
Thanks.... By the way - you have very nice and clear voice.
@meteorcube
Can I ask questions about the Pull method that you were able to implement? I am actually a research scientist in academia. But I find our PIs always just want more be done and faster. I personally even have a hard time knowing what my capacity is and feels like all I do every day is to push very hard on myself.
@extraordinaryhuman1806
This is a VERY good review
@TheRealCornPop
Cal Newport tries really hard to remain apolitical but unfortunately it's to the detriment of his analysis on work / productivity culture
@Druids234
To be fair to Newport, a lot of the criticisms here are the classic reviewer's critique that he didn't write the book that she would have written - which, of course, was never his intention. Is it fair, for example, to expect him to have addressed the problems of late-stage Capitalism or the power dynamics in large organizations? Or the problem of childcare support? He had his topic and his focus, and he covered those areas very well; no book can cover everything. Perhaps Lackey should write her own book to cover the other areas of modern life she considers important.
@angelirreal1752
Kaizen
@leonkazmier