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Ep. 243: In The Weeds!

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

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The Deep Work Hypothesis and Survivorship Bias

The deep work hypothesis talks about the way that we undervalue deep work, so unbroken concentration in the current knowledge work environment. This probably creates opportunities, niches for those who systematically develop this skill to move ahead. It's not a precondition for success, but it doesn't, success is still really, really hard,. So just doing that's probably not going to get you there anyways. What I think is important is that if you cultivate this skill, you're going to find meaning and sustainability at all levels of life.

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