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An hour is not enough time for most deep work activities because it takes 20 minutes to get loaded up. Your brain says we got to keep grinding on this until these things click and we get that relief of okay, good. We're at a stopping point. This makes sense. That's very uneasy. So when the hour passed, my pieces weren't fitting. My brain was revolting and I had to keep writing. Eventually I had to write just and say, look, I'm running late. I'll be honest with you. To a reminder that an hour is notenough time for mostDeep Work Activities.

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DEEP DIVE: A World Without Twitter? [7:28]
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LIVE CALLER: Starting a new company alone [34:28]

- How do I (carefully) convince my employer to embrace Deep Work? [51:48]
- I just quit my job. How do I reset my life? [1:03:36]
- How do I deal with having too much freedom in my job? [1:10:09]
- CALL: Which tool should I bring when I only have room for one? [1:17:53]
- Who does Cal personally admire? [1:23:43]

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- Eat, pray, herd [1:50:26]
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Thanks to Jesse Miller for production, Jay Kerstens for the intro music, and Mark Miles for mastering.