Navigating Productivity: Minimizing Distractions and Maximizing Focus

Below are the topics covered in today's listener calls mini-episode (with timestamps). For instructions on submitting your own questions, go to calnewport.com/podcast.


 - Interacting with potential clients while avoiding constant distraction. [2:10]
 - Self-promotion without social media. [8:21]
 - Dealing with an overflowing "to read" folder. [13:19]
 - Correcting weekly plan drift. [18:13]
 - The secrets of my high-volume reading. [22:47]
 - Personal vs. organizational productivity. [27:29]
 - Balancing deep and shallow work. [36:10]


Thanks to Jay Kerstens for the intro music and Mark Miles for mastering.