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Ep. 164: LISTENER CALLS: Training for Hard Intellectual Work

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

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How Many Deep Work Hours Do You Need in a Standard Week?

When you have a very large work volume, so the number of things on your plate that needs to get done. When that gets too big, lots of bad things happen. Gert a, do whatever seems reasonable. But do not be worried if you find your calendar is very crowded with work you have placed there in advance from auto pilot. Don't be upset about that. I actually think that is a good approach. This is the deep the shallow work ratio that i talked about in my book, deep work. It's something that many people have now deployed in their own work environments. So you should have an answer to this question: How many deep work hours te shallow work ours am

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