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Ep. 319: Reclaim Your Time
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
Ok - summary Master Minimize Overhead and Defragment Your Schedule
Minimizing overhead tax is crucial; excessive overhead hampers productivity and leads to stress. Reduce the number of projects to keep overhead manageable. Defragmenting your schedule is essential to carve out uninterrupted time for meaningful work and protect it rigorously. Avoid hyperactive hive mind collaboration, as it generates disorganized, ad hoc communication and detracts from efficient coordination. Utilizing strategies like setting office hours, adopting process-centric emails, and engaging in thorough post-meeting processing can greatly reduce unnecessary correspondence and help maintain focus. Transforming your approach to these time destroyers can shift your work experience significantly, cultivating a greater sense of free time and progress on important tasks without changing your job or responsibilities.
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