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Ep. 261: Control Your Time

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

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Breaking Down Admin Tasks: How Catagorizing Into Similar Contexts Optimizes Efficiency

To make social planning and organizing tasks easier, it's best to group similar tasks together in shorter blocks of time. This reduces resistance and improves efficiency. For example, when going through emails, it's helpful to separate them based on themes or topics, such as family-related tasks or conference organizing. By doing so, switching cognitive contexts becomes less of a burden, resulting in smoother and more productive encounters with your inbox.

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