Why You’re Busy But NOT Productive—The Secret Formula For Explosive Output | Cal Newport

Описание: Cal Newport talks about letting Brandon Sanderson cook in Episode 339 of the Deep Questions podcast.

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In a recent appearance on the Tim Ferriss podcast, the prolific fantasy author Brandon Sanderson revealed how he reshaped his media company to help him do what he does best. In this episode, Cal explores the idea, and asks the key question: why is this not more common? In exploring an answer he uncovers a bigger issue in modern digital knowledge work and points towards potential answers. He then answers listener questions and concludes with a tech corner about Alan Turing.

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0:00 Let Brandon Cook
28:12 What is your opinion on mind mapping and have you ever used it?
31:59 What “really matters” to develop career capital for a civil servant?
37:58 What’s your view on Daniel Immerwahr’s recent New Yorker article on the attention crisis?
45:30 How does mentoring fit into knowledge work development?
53:07 Is it possible to use Paul Jarvis’s approach to start a company to merge the divide with Slow Productivity?
59:07 A 15 year old and a smart phone
1:03:37 Using AI to expand work skills
1:17:15 Let Turing Cook

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About Cal Newport:
Cal Newport is a computer science professor at Georgetown University. In addition to his academic research, he writes about the intersection of digital technology and culture. Cal's particularly interested in our struggle to deploy these tools in ways that support instead of subvert the things we care about in both our personal and professional lives.

Cal is a New York Times bestselling author of seven books, including, most recently, A World Without Email, Digital Minimalism, and Deep Work. He's also the creator of The Time-Block Planner.

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