Mindset: Time management
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Productivity & habits
Podcast
Nir Eyal: why distraction is a pain problem, not a willpower problem
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
September 23, 2021
Productivity & habits
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Time management
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- All distraction is driven by the desire to escape discomfort — not weakness
- Time management is pain management; productivity hacks fail without this insight
- The 10-minute rule lets urges dissolve without willpower or strict abstinence
How to manage three jobs in a normal work week
Noah Kagan
September 8, 2021
Time management
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Delegation
8
Deep work & focus
7
- Productivity is about goal alignment, not doing more things
- A colour-coded calendar SOP makes misaligned weeks impossible to ignore
- Hire a dedicated head of staff for each major priority you run
Productivity & habits
YouTube
Work two to three hours a day without sacrificing output
Silicon Valley Girl
August 14, 2021
Productivity & habits
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Time management
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Deep work & focus
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- The average office worker is productive for under three hours daily.
- Tight time constraints force better priorities — constraints are the system.
- Batching, the two-minute rule, and saying no protect your peak hours.
Saying no without saying no: strategies for protecting your time
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
June 10, 2021
Time management
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Processes & SOPs
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- Women and junior employees face backlash for direct refusals; asymmetry reduction and quota systems work better.
- Office hours and process design shift work from reactive chaos to calm systems that protect deep work.
- Advertise products on social media rather than becoming a content creator yourself.
Work-life balance
YouTube
A day in the life of a YouTuber with 5 million subscribers
Silicon Valley Girl
June 5, 2021
Work-life balance
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Time management
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Founder interviews
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- Creator schedule beats manager schedule — one meeting kills inspiration
- Angel investing as networking, not profit: $10K buys ecosystem access
- No two days are identical; parenthood makes flexibility non-negotiable
How to significantly reduce email and plan a career you'll actually enjoy
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
May 24, 2021
Time management
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Productivity & habits
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Work-life balance
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- Stop emails arriving, not just managing what's already in your inbox
- Every stressful email is an implicit project needing a structured alternative
- Plan careers by mapping lifestyle vision to location, money, and autonomy
Choosing jobs, time blocking, and productivity tools: Cal Newport Q&A
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
May 20, 2021
Time management
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Long-term planning
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- Automation eliminates context-switching; enhancement tools only give 10–20% gains.
- Passion is cultivated over time — stop searching for your calling.
- Plan next day at shutdown; use rough blocks with built-in buffers.
Deep work & focus
Podcast
Managing tasks, attention residue, and deep work schedules
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
May 13, 2021
Deep work & focus
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Time management
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- Emotional distractions are the worst possible kind for knowledge work.
- A 'waiting-on' list built in real time prevents obligations falling through cracks.
- Motivation is too fickle to govern whether you start cognitively demanding work.
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Handling difficult bosses, restricted productivity, and digital minimalism
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
May 6, 2021
Productivity & habits
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Time management
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Relationships & family
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- You need career capital before demanding fewer meetings from bosses.
- Productivity funnel reframes output: navigate constraints, don't fight them.
- Digital minimalism: start from what you value, then find the right tool.
Overcommitted or bad at time management? How to tell the difference
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
May 3, 2021
Time management
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Project management
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- Schedule every commitment to see if it fits — then you'll know.
- One listener ditched his smartphone for a year; his life improved markedly.
- Personal productivity as an industry arose from Drucker's over-emphasis on individual autonomy.
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Cal Newport on time blocking, planning, and digital sociality
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
April 29, 2021
Productivity & habits
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Time management
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Deep work & focus
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- Over-specifying time blocks is a discipline problem, not a planning fix.
- Schedule your most important work first — everything else gets what remains.
- Digital tools can support sociality, but analog connection is non-negotiable.
Deep work & focus
Podcast
Cal Newport's scheduling system for a research fellowship
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
April 22, 2021
Deep work & focus
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Time management
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Productivity & habits
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- Mornings are sacred; all meetings batch into three afternoons.
- Two runaway block types demand opposite responses — flow vs. perfectionism.
- Social media offers cheap attention; tenure reveals how shallow it is.
Productivity & habits
Podcast
The productivity funnel: a structured framework for getting things done
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
April 19, 2021
Productivity & habits
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Deep work & focus
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Time management
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- Productivity is three separate problems: selection, organisation, execution.
- Critiquing overwork doesn't make time-blocking or organisation less useful.
- Deep thinking is a trained lifestyle, not an innate talent — rebuild it deliberately.
Deep work & focus
Podcast
Managing multiple projects and designing a deep work environment
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
April 1, 2021
Deep work & focus
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Productivity & habits
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Time management
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- Two-level planning beats deadline panic for concurrent projects
- Delay new project starts until the idea feels inevitable, not just exciting
- Physical activity preserves cognitive context better than passive waiting
Managing scattered schedules, phantom part-time work, and academic overload
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
March 25, 2021
Time management
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Productivity & habits
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Work-life balance
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- Binge working costs more than it earns — sprints beat all-nighters
- Your work budget forces colleagues to confront what they actually ask
- Track reading time, not books — it changes everything about how you read