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Ep. 117: Should I Quit My Job to Become a Writer?

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

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Is It Possible to Rebuild the Kernel of Your Operating System?

Ries: Don't settle for the way things are. I think there are massive improvements that are a lot closer than you might realize. Bryan asks, at my job, i'm assigned support tickets, and i don't know up front how long a given ticket will take. How should i time block in these circumstances? Ries: You can't block off two hours to do a ticket, if i can't predict how long it will take. It might take 15 minutes, or it might be a few hours.

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