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Ep. 107: How Do I Stay Motivated on Long-Term Projects?
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
Tips for Clearing Cognitive Context and Transitioning to Deep Work
The networks at got fired up because you are listening to a song or reading inspiring poetry probably don't overlap very much with the deep thing you're about to do. leting those networks die down. The amplification diminishes, because you're not actively involved in them. That's the context clearing. And you can do this in five or ten minutes. Again, reading something, listeing to something, that's fine. Visual cues, i think, are also really important. So if you can change something about the physical setting, our mind really takes seriously what it sees around us and it can really set how we feel about things.
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