{"id":222020,"date":"2024-06-04T08:00:38","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T12:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/?p=222020"},"modified":"2024-06-03T12:23:39","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T16:23:39","slug":"using-quiet-quitting-to-add-seasonality-to-your-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/using-quiet-quitting-to-add-seasonality-to-your-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Using \u201cquiet quitting\u201d to add seasonality to your work"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Takeaway: <\/b>To add \u201cseasonality\u201d to your work, try temporarily adopting \u201cquiet quitting\u201d\u2014defining stronger boundaries around your work\u2014so you can recharge and find time to slow down and become more deliberate. This can lead you to become more productive while improving your work-life balance.\u00a0Estimated Reading Time:<\/b> 3 minutes, 12s.<\/div><\/div>\n

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Recently, I had the pleasure of hosting author Cal Newport on the podcast<\/a> to talk about his terrific new book, Slow Productivity<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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This is Cal\u2019s third time on the show\u2014the previous two times he joined to talk about his books Digital Minimalism<\/em><\/a> and A World Without Email<\/em><\/a>. If you aren\u2019t yet subscribed to Time & Attention, you can do that here<\/a>!<\/div><\/div>\n

In the book (and in our conversation), Cal breaks down the three principles of slow productivity, which are:<\/p>\n

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  1. Do fewer things;<\/li>\n
  2. Work at a natural pace; and<\/li>\n
  3. Obsess over quality.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    As part of working at a natural pace, he talks about a new spin behind the concept of \u201cquiet quitting\u201d\u2014an idea that went viral over the pandemic.<\/p>\n

    The idea behind quiet quitting is simple enough: you no longer go above and beyond in your responsibilities at work, while doing enough to get by with your workload. For example, you may no longer:<\/p>\n