Deep Questions with Cal Newport

By Cal Newport

Ep. 56: Habit Tune-Up: Escaping Academic Twitter, Time Blocking During Vacation, and Making Time for Big Projects

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Published December 23, 2020 6:00am

In this mini-episode, I answer audio questions from listeners asking for advice about how best to tune-up their productivity and work habits in a moment of increased distraction and disruption.

You can submit your own audio questions at speakpipe.com/calnewport.

Here are the topics we cover:

 - Using task boards to plan big projects. [2:49] 

 - Academic Twitter. [8:31]

 - Time block breaks + Workflowy vs Trello. [13:04]

 - Deep work while traveling. [19:46]

 - Setting aside time for big projects. [26:02]

Thanks to listener Jay Kerstens for the intro music.

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