Reciprocate and Recover

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Implement reciprocal meeting blocks where for every scheduled meeting, allocate a corresponding block of time for undistracted deep work in your week. This strategy allows for flexibility in ratios based on your job requirements, creating a balance between meetings and deep work time. By graying out more time as meetings increase, it prevents oversaturation of your schedule. Additionally, incorporate a recovery block of 20 minutes after each meeting to organize tasks, ensure follow-ups, and clear out attention residue, facilitating a smoother transition between meetings and boosting productivity.

On this show, we often talk about major overhauls to your work and life. In this episode, we go the other way and focus on the small habits that can make a big difference. In more detail, Cal describes eight surprisingly small strategies – four focused on work and four focused on life outside of work – for finding more depth in a distracted world. He then answers listener questions and reacts to a recent article about pushback to calls to limiting social media for kids.

Below are the questions covered in today's episode (with their timestamps). Get your questions answered by Cal! Here’s the link: bit.ly/3U3sTvo

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Deep Habits [2:46]

- Can I keep my weekly plan in my workingmemory.txt file? [31:13]
- Do you experience any pleasure during deep work? [33:39]
- How many deep work sessions should I do each working week? [38:23]
- How can I prioritize my goals in my personal life? [40:58]
- Does the suggestion to “limit daily goals” conflict with time blocking? [44:09]

CASE STUDY: Building my career around a desired lifestyle [45:53]

CAL REACTS: Countering Pushback to Limiting Social Media for Kids [54:26]

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