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Ep. 125: What is Discipline (and How Do I Get It?)

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

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Graduate Students Are More Productive When They Have a Baby

Hiko: It's not impossible, but it's going to take you a long time. You have to think about what you're doing as being a pretty extraordinary thing to do. I don't want you beating up yourself because you have this very hard full time job and you're not able to somehow do a second very hard full-time job at the same time. That's basically probably where you are jordan. But if you choose one session a day that you can pretty consistently count on, just execute in that session. And when that baby wakes up, or that friend or family member who's watching your kid has to go home, you're done, and you completely shut it

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