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Ep. 238: The Joys of the Reading Life

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

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Focusing on Impact over Velocity

Obsessing over making a positive impact can deliver more value with fewer features/nFocusing on a smaller number of important and high impact tasks can lead to more success economically/nThis approach is in line with the three principles of slow productivity: do fewer things, work at a natural pace, obsess over quality/nThis impact versus velocity tradeoff can be applied to different areas including software development, academic service, and client service

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