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Ep. 205: Why I’m a Bad Correspondent

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

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The Productivity Equation Is Non Linear

The productivity equation is non linear. Stevenson goes the say of mediocre value reaching many fewer people than being able to actually put work out into the larger public sphere. If i can just have time to think and write, write my books, write my articles and talk to you folks here through the podcast microphone, i can reach lots of people. I can do my best work if i instead am easier to reach. These ideas have also come up in my subsequent writing about distraction as well.

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