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Ep. 235: Is Productivity Overrated?

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

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The Influence of Academia on Career Choices

This chapter explores the speaker's choice to attend graduate school instead of accepting a job offer from Microsoft in 2004. It highlights the academic culture of prioritizing influential ideas over financial rewards and reflects on how this decision influenced their perceptions of productivity and success.

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