Mindset: Time management
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Deep work & focus
Podcast
Reducing meeting overload and reclaiming deep work time
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
March 15, 2021
Deep work & focus
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Productivity & habits
8
Time management
7
- Meetings spread because they're the one productivity tool people actually follow
- Three fixes: personal organization, standing status meetings, office hours
- Meaningful activities — not willpower — are the only way off social media
Productivity & habits
Podcast
How email created the hyperactive hive mind — and what to do about it
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
March 8, 2021
Productivity & habits
8
Time management
7
Work-life balance
6
- No one chose constant messaging — technological determinism imposed it.
- Passion follows skill; mission only visible from the adjacent possible.
- Inconvenience is fine; only real pain justifies adding tech back.
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Cal Newport's habit Q&A: planning, anxiety, writing, and deep work
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
February 18, 2021
Productivity & habits
10
Deep work & focus
7
Time management
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- Weekly planning should take under an hour — not several.
- Pre-meeting rehearsal rituals mute anxiety without addressing ruminations directly.
- Top publications seek distinctive writers, not interesting submissions.
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
Amelia Boone on excellence, endurance, and the cost of discipline
The Daily Stoic
February 10, 2021
Identity & self-belief
9
Deep work & focus
8
Time management
7
- The same drive behind elite performance can quietly fuel self-destruction.
- Why holding two careers made Boone better at both, not worse.
- Asking for help strengthens relationships — suppressing emotion compounds the cost.
How to minimize meetings, master time blocking, and design a deeper life
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
January 18, 2021
Time management
9
Deep work & focus
8
Productivity & habits
8
- Fix the broken process behind meetings, not the meetings themselves.
- Dual-use time blocks unlock hidden productivity in waiting and desk time.
- A phantom part-time schedule turns an underdemanding job into a deeper life.
Why be productive: defining intention over output
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
January 4, 2021
Time management
10
Deep work & focus
8
Productivity & habits
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- Productivity without defined life goals defaults to just working more
- Separate information-gathering from deep work; always target a concrete artifact
- The right productivity system depends on personality, not universal superiority
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Capture tools, time blocking, and planning foundations for new challenges
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
December 17, 2020
Productivity & habits
10
Time management
9
Deep work & focus
6
- Why your email inbox is a capture tray, not a storage system
- Quarterly, weekly, daily planning is the foundation — everything else follows
- Abstract skill-building without a concrete target rarely works
Deep work & focus
Podcast
Cal Newport on productivity, careers, and navigating turbulent times
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
November 16, 2020
Deep work & focus
10
Productivity & habits
9
Time management
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- BS jobs exist because knowledge work organization is still primitive
- Agile's pull model beats email's push chaos for allocating brains
- When the world spirals, turn inward hard — the deep reset
Productivity & habits
Podcast
How Ashutosh Priyadarshy designs a focused, bullshit-free workday
How I Work
November 4, 2020
Productivity & habits
9
Time management
8
Processes & SOPs
5
- If a task is two steps from your goal, it's probably bullshit
- Separate meeting days from deep work days to eliminate context-switching
- Two-day sprints force creative problem-solving and faster learning
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Productivity for business owners: best time and best activities
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
January 21, 2020
Productivity & habits
8
Time management
8
Delegation
5
- Productivity means focused time on high-value activities — not efficiency.
- Your peak focus environment is personal; find it through deliberate experimentation.
- Four core business buckets: marketing, sales, servicing, leadership — neglect any one and suffer.
Productivity & habits
YouTube
How to prioritise your time as a founder
Y Combinator
September 13, 2019
Productivity & habits
9
Time management
8
- Conferences and awards are fake progress — they don't move your KPI.
- Grade every task by impact and complexity before you start it.
- A wrong choice made fast beats a right choice made slowly.
A simple weekly planning system using calendar blocking and daily priorities
Noah Kagan
November 1, 2017
Time management
9
Productivity & habits
7
Deep work & focus
5
- Scheduling tasks in your calendar beats writing them on a to-do list
- Automate recurring commitments so your brain stays free for real work
- Protect Wednesday–Thursday for deep work; keep Friday deliberately open
Work-life balance
Podcast
Alli Worthington on breaking busy and editing your life
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
January 31, 2016
Work-life balance
9
Time management
7
Relationships & family
5
- Every yes is a no to something else — choose deliberately.
- Passive social media scrolling reliably makes you feel worse.
- Proactive edits beat reactive ones: decide before you're overwhelmed.
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Saying no to yourself: the hardest productivity skill
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
February 11, 2013
Productivity & habits
9
Deep work & focus
8
Time management
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- Saving minutes consistently beats chasing a few big hours.
- Focus is your scarcest asset — not time.
- Saying no to yourself is harder than saying no to anyone else.