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Ep. 92: LISTENER CALLS: The Perils of Coercive Productivity

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

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How to Use a Short Block of Time

You are absolutely right that if you come across an unexpected, relatively small block of time, it's very hard fill. What most people do is they either fall back on distraction or hive mind. So i would say your time for, let's say, e male and slack, is scheduled and batched - don't fill in your breakes with it. Same thing if you want to take a long time and go in social meeti and check up whatever it is you like to do on social media,. Put aside time for that, like your lunch breaker, whenever it is. And don't have it be a slow drip throughout the day.

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