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Cal Newport talks about a tactical assault on busyness in Episode 294 of the Deep Questions podcast. Buy Cal’s latest book, “Slow Productivity” at One of the biggest problems afflicting knowledge workers in the digital age is frantic busyness; days filled with emails, chats, and meetings, without much to show for all the effort. In today’s episode, Cal dives into one of the most-discussed ideas from his new book, Slow Productivity, which offers a simple, tactical assault on this state of persistent busyness. He then answers listener questions about similar issues and lists the book he read in March. Download my FREE Deep Life Guide HERE: Listen to Episode Here: Get your questions answered by Cal! Here’s the link: Listen to Episode Here: 0:00 A Tactical Assault on Busyness 31:57 How can I stop chasing the “perfect” productivity system? 36:04 How do I avoid losing my day to distraction? 39:30 How do I help my partner escape meeting quicksand? 45:59 How do we design the perfect client/task/scheduling system? 51:40 Can Apple Vision Pro help deep work? 1:03:36 The 5 Books Cal Read in March 2024 Connect with Cal Newport: 🔴Visit Cal's BLOG and website: 🔴Check out Cal's books: 🔴Check out The Deep Life: 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
