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Ep. 196: Shutting Down Anxiety

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

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The Right Way Is the Hard Way

An interview conducted with jerry sinfeld by the harvard business review was particularly interesting. The interviewer said, you and larry david wrote sinfeld together without a traditional writer's room,. Was there a more sustainable way to do it? Could mackenzie or someone have helped you find a better model? Jerry then responded, who's mackenzie? To which the interviewer responded, it's a consulting firm. Jerry then said, are they funny? The interviewer said no. So jerry responded by saying, then i don't need them. If you're efficient, you're doing it the wrong way. The right way is the hard way.

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