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Ep. 58: Habit Tune-Up: Clarifying Task Organization, Graduate Student Advice, and My Research Workflow

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

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Configure Control - What Projects Am I Working On, and How Im Going to Make That Work This Week?

Configure control is, what projects am i working on, and how im i going to make that work this week? So that's part of your configure. There's the obvious part, which is moving tasks around trello columns. But the other part is looking at your bigger plans and figuring out, this week, i'm writing every morning. I'm reading during my lunch hour. Tuesday and thursday, im oing to make a big push,. You know, i'm going to go to a park and hike while trying to think through this mouth problem. They're two separate types of things. And i think that distinction probably will clarify a lot of what was confusing you.

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