Mindset: Identity & self-belief
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Deep work & focus
Podcast
Cal Newport on digital minimalism, deep work, and rebuilding your tech relationship
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
November 5, 2020
Deep work & focus
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Productivity & habits
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Identity & self-belief
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- Strip your phone to 2008 basics — remove anything profiting from your attention.
- A 30-day tech reset works only if you actively rebuild, not just abstain.
- Shallow frenetic work is exhausting; deep focus matches how the brain evolved.
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
How David Epstein built a career by learning across disciplines
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
October 26, 2020
Identity & self-belief
9
Deep work & focus
8
Long-term planning
6
- Why Gladwell's 10,000-hour rule obscures more than it reveals
- Taking a skill somewhere it's rare makes you extraordinary overnight
- A monthly five-question journal that stops career autopilot
Identity & self-belief
YouTube
Finding meaning through projects, perspective, and community
Noah Kagan
October 18, 2020
Identity & self-belief
9
Resilience & grit
6
- Frankl's three-part formula: project, optimistic suffering, community
- The 'if it weren't for me' exercise reveals your irreplaceable impact
- Building a company is building a community — pressure forces growth
Deep work & focus
Podcast
Deep work, quitting Facebook, and thinking independently in the information age
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
October 12, 2020
Deep work & focus
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Productivity & habits
7
Identity & self-belief
5
- Facebook's shift to newsfeeds accidentally killed its own network-effect advantage.
- Exposure to information is not the same as actually knowing something.
- Managers need sequentiality, not deep work — and email destroys both.
Identity & self-belief
YouTube
Building kindness as a practice, not a personality trait
Noah Kagan
October 11, 2020
Identity & self-belief
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Public speaking
6
- 3,000 people walked past a crying woman. Not one stopped.
- Nice is reactive; kindness is proactive — and that gap is learnable.
- One man sent 6,000 postcards. His daughters remembered nothing else.
Identity & self-belief
YouTube
Ten years of therapy: lessons, frameworks, and when to go
Noah Kagan
October 7, 2020
Identity & self-belief
9
Work-life balance
6
Resilience & grit
5
- Therapy works best when you bring specific problems, not open topics.
- Good therapists reflect your behaviour back — they never tell you what to do.
- Fulfilment isn't at the next level; it's already available right now.
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
Andy Andrews on focus, self-honesty, and perspective as a choice
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
September 8, 2020
Identity & self-belief
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Deep work & focus
7
Mental health & wellbeing
5
- Worry is focus — just aimed at completely the wrong target.
- Self-deception wastes more time and money than anything else.
- Perspective isn't how you see things — it's how you choose to.
Identity & self-belief
YouTube
How to identify, develop, and deploy your natural talents at work
Bill Gallagher
September 2, 2020
Identity & self-belief
10
Delegation
8
Management
7
- Talent is innate — you can deepen it but cannot create it from scratch.
- CliftonStrengths profiles are unique to one in 33 million people.
- Shared strengths language removes judgment from team feedback and conflict.
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
How shifting perspective unlocks better thinking and decisions
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
September 1, 2020
Identity & self-belief
8
Work-life balance
7
Relationships & family
6
- Perspective, not willpower, is what actually governs every choice you make
- Fiction builds wisdom faster than nonfiction by firing imagination and context
- Parenting standards set today determine the quality of adults 70 years from now
Identity & self-belief
YouTube
Eight habits for daily happiness from a naturally content person
Noah Kagan
August 26, 2020
Identity & self-belief
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Productivity & habits
7
- Most unhappiness is self-inflicted by consuming the wrong things
- Name the cause of a bad feeling — it stops the spiral instantly
- Blunt, immediate communication prevents small friction becoming resentment
Deep work & focus
Podcast
Cal Newport on deep work, digital detox, and the costs of autonomy
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
August 17, 2020
Deep work & focus
9
Productivity & habits
7
Identity & self-belief
6
- Deep work produces disproportionate value — but access to it is structurally unequal.
- Digital detox rules fail; rebuild your tech life around values first, rules last.
- More autonomy demands more self-imposed structure, or it becomes destabilising.
Identity & self-belief
YouTube
10 career lessons for ambitious people in their twenties
Noah Kagan
July 13, 2020
Identity & self-belief
9
Niche selection
7
Communication
6
- Geography shapes your peer group more than most people admit.
- Failure is only useful if you reward yourself for attempting.
- 80% of long-term net worth comes from relationships, not skills.
Identity & self-belief
YouTube
Should you write a book? A framework for deciding
Noah Kagan
June 25, 2020
Identity & self-belief
8
Branding
7
Content marketing
5
- No deep personal why means the book will defeat you.
- Authors outrank founders in status — even with far less real-world impact.
- Fear of identity change, not lack of information, stops most writers.
Resilience & grit
YouTube
16 fastest-growing remote jobs in 2020 and how to land one
Noah Kagan
June 22, 2020
Resilience & grit
9
Identity & self-belief
7
Delegation
5
- Do the work for free first — then ask to get paid.
- Offline businesses moving online created 16 concrete job opportunities.
- Avoid freelance marketplaces; direct outreach gets you paid far more.
Identity & self-belief
YouTube
10 challenges to overcome fear and build self-reliance
Noah Kagan
June 17, 2020
Identity & self-belief
7
Deep work & focus
6
- Silence and solitude unlock creativity most people never access.
- Self-reliance beats waiting for someone else to fix your problems.
- Ten concrete weekly challenges to disrupt comfort and grow faster.