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Ep. 31: RYAN HOLIDAY on Ranch Life, Fostering Discipline, and the Loss of Reading Culture
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
Are We Able to Concentrate on Our Work Deeply, Though We Have Distractions Like Traffic Noise and Big Sounds?
The author and his wife go for a walk every morning. He doesn't take his phone with him on the three-mile loop around their neighborhood. This is to create routine that puts you in head space, rather than like it's new york city where people are constantly bombarded by big sounds. The Stoic philosopher Epictetus wrote about how he dealt with noise outside his window in ancient Rome....
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