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Ep. 219: The Deep Reset

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

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What Is Your Best Practice for Entering Tasks Into Your Weekly Plan?

If a task is associated with a particular day, it can go on your calendar. It doesn't have to be on your task list. So if you're actually following this system, if I actually am in the groove of looking at my task board every day when I do my weekly plan, I can trust that stuff that's important will get done. When I look at the relevant task board, I'll see those tasks and I'm not going to be dumber tomorrow than I am today. Let's do a cool case study. This question is from Adam, a 40 year-old, 40 old from New York. Can you describe your decision rule for entering a task either onto a

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