Summary of “The problem with most productivity advice” by Matt D’Avella

In his video-research “The problem with most productivity advice”, Matt D’Avella discusses preciesity of a new unharmful feasibly effortless yet efficient methodically concentrated progress achieving mindset with Greg Mckeown, the author of best-seller book “Effortless”. Writer claims that post-industrial productivity run influenced by puritan idea of only forceful and sharp labor leads you to maintaince, created “10x overworking” trend. There is some evidence to suggest that slower but largely efficient is way more efficient than its counterpart of back-breaking exhausted working hours. Supporting this thesis, the writer provides us with personal precedent related to his daughter – they encounter an obstacle that made them realize a demand of not to underestimate path fragility in term of valuable outcome. Ms. Mckeown says he was lucky to avoid a misconception of sophicticated and devastated path and use the more tedious and slow path, which ended up with obtaining a better outcome. Afterwards, researcher set a question of how to shift from a toxic and somewhat abusive workholic mindset to a more sustainable and relaxed slow threat without losing essential progress. The author invites viewers to observe in mind (? ) one of the most famous evidence-based slowgrowth instance in history – discovering a southpole by British team, which were determined to exert to an absolute limit and their more propitious counterparts Norwegian team, whose stategy was based on one task – to get 15miles distance as a daily routine. As you might know, southpole was conquered by the second team, whose implausible victory was marked by the biographer of the incredibly marvelous phrase “To progress every day without particular effort and don't do more today than you can completely recover from by tomorrow”. Further, the author gives advice for achieving an effortless goal by arraging a pace with under level and always have an upper bond whenever you start or stop working, which facilitates and manages you not to push yourself to the limits, have a rest, reorganize your thoughts and gain strength. The best way to keep it up is to interchange “to-do for a day” with “done for the day” list to give satisfaction and sufficient dose of dopamine for brain pattern. According to the author, rest is that part of progress that people deny and most often ignore in pursuit of success. However, the factory-based system did not make us machines, we are still biological creatures. And despite erroneous beliefs, it seems likely that the majority of the very highest performers get more and better rest. To sum up, the author incentivizes us to summarize the success we have achieved and ask ourselves the simple question “what if this were effortless? ”.