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Ep. 8: Fleeing a Collapsing Career, Taking Notes on Books, Building a Deep Life | DEEP QUESTIONS

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

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Productivity Philosophy - Can You Take the Second Component, Configure and Control?

In the last couple of episodes, i've been talking about capture, con figure and control. And patrick is saying, can you take the the second of those three things, configure, and talk a little bit more about it? So what happens with organization? Well, as you're staring at this big pile of stuff on your plate, you might start eliminating youno,. Like, this project would be nice, but i just have too much or this thing i'm doing in my personal life... You don't just sit there and react all rigt. The best book on how to do this is greg mc uan's essentialism. I think he is great at capturing both...

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