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Cal NewportHow To Stop Wasting Time: The 5-Step Productivity System To Organize Your Life | Cal Newport
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- Released
- December 4, 2023
- Duration
- 1h 38m
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- Cal Newport
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION
Download my FREE Deep Life Guide HERE: https://bit.ly/3QBIcug We talk a lot on this show about remaining organized in a digital workplace that drowns us with incoming obligations. In this episode, Cal focuses on the key question of how you get *started* toward this goal. What do you do, in other words, on day one of your quest to find depth amidst the shallows. Get your questions answered by Cal! Here’s the link: https://bit.ly/3U3sTvo Listen to Episode Here: https://www.thedeeplife.com/listen/ Thanks to our Sponsors: https://www.expressvpn.com/deep https://www.blinkist.com/deep https://www.hensonshaving.com/cal https://www.zocdoc.com/deep 0:00 Getting organized in a distracted world 39:28 How do I get more excited about my work plans? 47:34 How do I get my classmates to get better about time management? 53:54 How should I organize my deep work blocks? 58:50 How do I account for contingencies in my quarterly plan? 59:31 When does Cal find time to read? 1:04:44 How to train Deep Focus muscles 1:10:50 Investing concentrated time 1:17:54 The 5 books Cal read in November 2023 Connect with Cal Newport: 🔴Visit Cal's BLOG and website: https://calnewport.com/blog/ 🔴Check out Cal's books: https://calnewport.com/writing/ 🔴Check out The Deep Life: https://thedeeplife.com 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. The videos are considered to be used under the "Fair Use Doctrine" of United States Copyright Law, Title 17 U.S. Code Sections 107-118. Videos are used for editorial and educational purposes only and I do not claim ownership of any original video content. I don't use said video clips in advertisements, marketing or for direct financial gain. All video content in each clip is considered owned by the individual broadcast companies. #CalNewport #DeepWork #DeepLife #DeepQuestions #TimeblockPlanner #WorldWithoutEmail #DeepQuestionsPodcast
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EPISODE SUMMARY
In this episode of Cal Newport, featuring Cal Newport, How To Stop Wasting Time: The 5-Step Productivity System To Organize Your Life | Cal Newport explores Cal Newport's Five-Step Day-One System for Getting Organized and Staying Focused Newport argues that people underestimate their real workload and must psychologically prepare to face the "productivity dragon" before getting organized.
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