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Cal Newport: Using Technology with Intention

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The Importance of Intention in the Workplace

I think a life where you do a few important things you do with great intensity is something that we're wired to do. It's something that has great output and requires a lot of intention. And it's just much better than just being busy all the time. I mean, this idea that focused work that's focused in both the target of the work and also in the cognitive attention you're paying to the work, that moves the world. The change is the world that produces new things. It innovates, it causes revolutions. If we get away from that, I think it is problematic.

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