Deep Work

“First, I quit Instagram and all other social media four years before when I was in high school and read your book, Deep Work, especially that chapter called Quit Social Media.”

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“So on this show and in my books, I talk a lot about time management and attention management strategies.”

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“I talk about this in deep work, how especially as a postdoc at MIT, I had a very intentional productive meditation habit and it made a big difference over time.”

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“I was wondering if you could square the theoretical four-hour daily limit on deep work mentioned in deep work and the pursuit of high-quality leisure mentioned in digital minimalism.”

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“My law school assigned deep work as summer reading oh that's cool we should find out what law school that is…”

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“So how do we figure out the balance here? Because like I wrote about in Deep Work, this framework for DX from the Covey company that it's an interesting framework for helping teams get things done.”

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“What do I do with this particular type of notebook? I plan my days. So if you haven't heard me talk about time blocking before, it's an idea that I first introduced in my 2016 book, deep work, where I say the best way to make the most out of your mind during a workday is to actually block out the time of that day…”

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“As always, I'm Cal Newport, and this is Deep Questions, the show for people seeking depth in a distracted world.”

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“I published my book, Deep Work, which was actually my fifth book because I started early. I published this book, Deep Work, and it did really well.”

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