How to Focus and Think (Cal Newport)

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In today's episode, I caught up with a talented, award-winning
author and professor of computer science at Georgetown
University, Cal Newport. 


Cal’s books are a manifesto for digital minimalism and focus. In
this episode he shares his strategies for maintaining efficiency
particularly in large organizations where meetings can often be a
substitute for poor time management.


We also explore how long-term goals can easily be broken down
into actionable daily steps and the importance of grabbing
control of our digital habits.


 


In this episode, you’ll enjoy 3 BIG things:


 




What the difference is between office hours and meetings and
why you should avoid the later




Why focus is the most in demand resource right in world with
short attention span




How to balance the content creation algorithms without being
on social media at all.




 


All these plus a bunch more ear nuggets along the way.


If you loved this episode and want to hear more about how we
approach our content creation, check out an episode we made about
Youtube strategy that’s Episode 310 in this feed.


Also check out Cal’s books at calnewport.com , his books ‘Deep
Work’ and ‘So Good they Can’t Ignore You’ are  classics and
he has a new book called ‘Slow Productivity’ out now.


Go check his podcast since that’s really his only social media
outlet, Deep Questions with Cal Newport