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Ep. 197: I’m Writing a New Book

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

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Is There a Problem With Time Block Planning?

Some things get forgotten, or you fall off the system for a little bit. Unless your work is very repeatable and rigidly defined, you're never going to have a consistent, perfect match with your productivity systems. The advantages of these systems aggregate over long periods of time. It's not a chain that if you break it, you lose everything. Yo, recover and regroup. Now, what are the signs that your system is truly broken? If you stop using it altogether for long periods in acute circumstances, that is a warning sign. So don't just go back at your system even though you're not in some kind of emergency. You might find yourself not using it at a

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