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Ep. 226: The Productivity Dragon

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

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Facing the Productivity Dragon

You don't want to hide behind a smokescreen of reactive business and just sort of hope it goes away. I think there's no shortcut here to facing the productivity dragon. The phrase we use often on the show is to confront head on the reality of what is on your plate. You can defer some things and say, "We got to prioritize here"

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