Cal Newport talks about reclaiming your time in episode 319 of the Deep Questions podcast.
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Why can you never seem to find enough time to make progress on the non-urgent but important priorities that can move you closer to the ideal of the deep life? In this episode, Cal reviews three common “time destroyers,” and for each offers solutions to fight back. He then takes questions and calls from his listeners and ends with a discussion of Amazon and the bureaucracy mailbox.
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0:00 Reclaim your time
31:04 Is Agile compatible with slow productivity?
33:24 How can I better structure my days as a master’s student with a job?
39:26 How often and in what medium should I check my calendar?
43:37 On days where I have no time, does reading for 20 minutes actually do anything?
49:27 Will slow productivity make me less ambitious?
54:50 Different types of Deep Work
1:00:43 A teacher’s shutdown ritual
1:07:09 A Bureaucracy Mailbox
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About Cal Newport:
Cal Newport is a computer science professor at Georgetown University. In addition to his academic research, he writes about the intersection of digital technology and culture. Cal's particularly interested in our struggle to deploy these tools in ways that support instead of subvert the things we care about in both our personal and professional lives.
Cal is a New York Times bestselling author of seven books, including, most recently, A World Without Email, Digital Minimalism, and Deep Work. He's also the creator of The Time-Block Planner.
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