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Ep. 111: How Do I Tame Distracting Thoughts?

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

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High Level Creative Producers - The Hook

Darwin had this hook of the the sand walk, the path he would walk on a fixed number of circuits to help get his brain going before he would do his thinking for the day. It's very difficult to get your brain into that mode but once it is there, it can do a lot of good work. The second thing i noticed, terentino is leaving, at the end of each session a ramp help him pick up speed. This is another tactic you see often with high level creative producers. He jumps right in. Yes, i'm going to act on these notes i generated yesterday.

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