Deep work & focus

Podcast

Managing deep work habits: scheduling, overwhelm, and emotional regulation

Deep Questions with Cal Newport October 1, 2020

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Deep work & focus 9

Productivity & habits 7

• Quarterly plans — not weekly — are where deliberate practice goals belong.
• Work is hard by design; stop chasing flow states, embrace the difficulty.
• A daily background rate of depth beats waiting for perfect conditions.

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Management

YouTube

Five management principles from Maverick that scaled AppSumo to $30M

Noah Kagan September 30, 2020

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Management 9

Delegation 7

Business operating systems 5

• Let employees set their own goals — owners outperform assignees
• Removing rules unlocks innovation bureaucracy quietly kills
• Step away from your business to find where it breaks

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Founder interviews

Podcast

Building authentic customer connections through constructed characters

Masters of Scale September 29, 2020

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Founder interviews 10

Business models 7

AI strategy & adoption 6

• A computer-generated influencer built a genuine, monetisable 2M-strong fan base.
• Telling users something is artificial can make them trust and disclose more.
• Story always beats technology — fans ignored animation upgrades, cared about the character.

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Deep work & focus

Podcast

Cal Newport and Ryan Holiday on deep work, reading, and the decline of long-form thinking

Deep Questions with Cal Newport September 28, 2020

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Deep work & focus 9

Productivity & habits 7

• A note-card system built over 14 years pays off in unexpected books
• No new generation of nonfiction writers — they all have podcasts instead
• One unchallengeable theory is infinitely more dangerous than two competing ones

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