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Ep. 39: DAVID EPSTEIN on Skills, Practice, and the Subtle Art of Cultivating a Meaningful Career

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

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Is There a Difference Between Leaving and Writing?

I think for most people, they are filling up so much of their time with nonsensical stuff that's not useful for anything. And i mean, you know this as well as anyone am, to have more meaningful engagement with more things if we just cut out all the like, total useless nonsense. I do see a differece. But i'm loath to sort of say, well, well, drop that, because i think you can pursue most of them. There's pretty good evidence that having a hobby that's not exactly what you're doing at work in improved self efficacy. So i think we need yu know, it can be really useful to have outlets like that.

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