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Ep. 93: Am I Overcommitted or Bad at Time Management?

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

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When Did Personal Productivity Become a Thing?

E mail is great for a lot of things. What it's not great for is as the primary means by which you collaborate, interact, coordinate and come up with decisions. I did a little bit of research in this when i was working on that new yorker piece, the rise and fall of getting things done. One of the earliest books i could find on this dates back to the nineteen fifties. This book sets forth a practical method for overcoming time pressures to day and preparing for the much greater time demands of the coming decade.

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