Are You Juggling 15 Different Things?

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The number of things on someone's plate at the same time, that's where you're going to make a difference. I don't care if you tell me Friday is off or not. The work week is at best a suggestion for when you can expect people to schedule meetings with people. But otherwise it's task execution. That's often haphazard. It also has a working at a natural pace and obsessing over quality.

Cal Newport is one of the world's leading thinkers on how technology affects the way we live, work and think.

Cal is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Georgetown University. He is also New York Times bestselling author of seven books, including his three latest: A World Without Email, Digital Minimalism, and Deep Work. Cal is also a contributing writer for the New Yorker and the host of the popular Deep Questions podcast.

Cal joined host Robert Glazer on the Elevate Podcast to talk about how we can improve our workstyles, slow productivity, Elon Musk's recent purchase of Twitter, and the future of social media.

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