Slow Productivity: Book Discussion & Workshop at About Time Bookstore

Join us for a book discussion and workshop led by Workflows by Ronna on the lost art of accomplishment without burnout!
About this Event

September brings a new season, a return to our regular routines, and a chance to reset before the busy holiday season arrives! Ronna Belinky, founder of Workflows by Ronna, will be leading a book discussion and workshop on the New York Times Bestselling book, Slow Productivity by Cal Newport.

Ronna will lead a one-hour interactive discussion on her favorite Cal Newport philosophies that drive her personal productivity processes and her own small business, through which she teaches workshops, groups and individuals personal planning, task management and time-management skills. We’ll wrap up with a Q&A, giving you the opportunity to ask Ronna questions and walk away with actionable ideas you can put into practice.

You do not need to have finished the book to attend! Just bring yourself, a pen, and paper for taking notes—and get ready to start the season feeling a little more organized and intentional.

About The Book:
Our current definition of “productivity” is broken. It pushes us to treat busyness as a proxy for useful effort, leading to impossibly lengthy task lists and ceaseless meetings. We’re overwhelmed by all we have to do and on the edge of burnout, left to decide between giving into soul-sapping hustle culture or rejecting ambition altogether. But are these really our only choices?
Long before the arrival of pinging inboxes and clogged schedules, history’s most creative and impactful philosophers, scientists, artists, and writers mastered the art of producing valuable work with staying power. In this timely and provocative book, Cal Newport harnesses the wisdom of these traditional knowledge workers to radically transform our modern jobs. Newport lays out the key principles of “slow productivity,” a more sustainable alternative to the aimless overwhelm that defines our current moment. The three principles the book focuses on are: Do Fewer Things, Work at a Natural Pace, and Obsess Over Quality. Combining cultural criticism with systematic pragmatism, Newport deconstructs the absurdities inherent in standard notions of productivity, and then provides step-by-step advice for cultivating a slower, more humane alternative.
From the aggressive rethinking of workload management, to introducing seasonal variation, to shifting your performance toward long-term quality, Slow Productivity provides a roadmap for escaping overload and arriving instead at a more timeless approach to pursuing meaningful accomplishment.

About The Moderator:

Ronna Belinky, founder of Workflows by Ronna, helps people clear the mental load with personalized planning systems so they can feel calm, organized, and present, at work and at home.

Ronna’s sustainable productivity and time-management systems simplify your life and help you be proactive. She builds planning processes that work for each individual, minimizing stress and making time for what matters most.

Through Notebooks with Ronna™, her signature personal planning and task-management method, she teaches clients how to plan, organize, and pace personal tasks more efficiently, freeing up time for what brings them joy.