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Ep. 235: Is Productivity Overrated?

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

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Do You Have the Breathing Room to Proactively Service Your Social Connections?

When you're in, when I'm in super time block mode because all three, all three of my jobs are humming at the same time. It does hurt human connection. And that is a reality of very productive days. You can put quotation marks around productive, but if you're going to use your techniques to their full extent and time block every minute of your day, you're not going to be chiming in on casual text threads. In fact, I form an antagonistic relationship with text messaging, non professional text messaging during my busy periods.

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