About UNLEARNING PRODUCTIVITY
You are not lazy. You are not broken. You are exhausted from measuring your worth through productivity.
Unlearning Productivity is a reflective self-help book for people who do everything right and still feel tired, misaligned, or quietly overwhelmed. If rest no longer feels restorative, if slowing down creates anxiety, or if success feels strangely empty, this book speaks to that experience.
This is not a guide to quitting your job, doing less, or abandoning ambition. Unlearning Productivity explores the moment when productivity stops being a helpful tool and becomes an identity. When output turns into a measure of self-worth, belonging, and value.
Modern culture teaches constant optimization. Time, habits, performance, even rest are treated as problems to be improved. Over time, productivity becomes a moral standard rather than a practical one. Many people internalize this without noticing the cost.
Instead of offering productivity hacks or quick fixes, this book invites reflection. It helps readers recognize beliefs absorbed early in life and reinforced by modern work culture.
Inside this book, you will explore:
• Why rest often feels earned instead of natural
• Why slowing down can feel uncomfortable or unsafe
• How productivity becomes tied to self-worth
• What remains when output is no longer the measure
Written in a calm, thoughtful tone, Unlearning Productivity is for readers who care deeply, think critically, and sense that something essential has been lost in the pressure to keep up.
This is not a book to rush through.
It is a book to sit with, revisit, and reflect on.
A book for anyone ready to question the pace of modern life and reconnect with value beyond productivity.
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Author Bio:
Ivory Whitmore is an independent author focusing on human skills, modern work, and the changing relationship between people and technology, aiming to resonate with readers seeking authentic development beyond productivity.
Her work challenges the dominance of productivity culture, inspiring readers to reflect on personal and professional growth that values understanding over rigid systems or formulas.
Ivory writes extensively on soft skills such as self-awareness, critical thinking, emotional intelligence, communication, and ethical judgment. She approaches these skills not as tools for performance, but as foundations for agency and clarity in a world shaped by constant acceleration and external pressure. Her perspective challenges the idea that growth must always be measurable, visible, or efficient.
A central theme in her work is the evolving role of artificial intelligence in human life, inviting readers to explore how reliance on automated systems reshapes thinking, learning, and what remains distinctly human in an age of machine assistance.
Her writing draws from interdisciplinary interests, including philosophy, psychology, education, and real-world experience. She is committed to making complex ideas accessible without simplifying them and encourages readers to question inherited narratives about success, progress, and self-worth.
Ivory Whitmore writes for readers who are curious about human skills, AI’s impact on work, and seek depth, discernment, and intentional living in both work and life.