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Ep. 144: LISTENER CALLS: Is Overload Necessary?

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

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Is There an Alternative to a Push Model of Workload Management?

"It's a very disagreeable state of affairs to be in this place, we have too much on your plate," he says. "I think most people just say, this is what work is. Could there be an alternative? I think there could be." A pole model would let you pull things into your schedule and not keep track of all the different things that you could be working on somewhere else. The stress from having more than you can imagine doing goes away because you have no plate.

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