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Jun 2021
1h 21m

400: Digital Minimalism, Doing Deep Work...

MELISSA AMBROSINI
About this episode

Have you ever lost an entire evening to your social media feed? Or spent your weekend compulsively checking your email, instead of paying attention to your loved ones? Or maybe you feel like you’re always in a state of semi-distraction? If you relate, you *need* to listen to this unmissable conversation with Cal Newport — bestselling author of 6 books, including the New York Times bestsellers ‘Digital Minimalism’ and ‘Deep Work’. Cal is here to teach us how to be more selective about the technologies we adopt in our personal lives, so that we can unleash our best work and live a life of greater meaning. Stacked with doable, achievable strategies, this conversation will literally help you free up HOURS of your time each week, reclaim precious mental bandwidth, step out of the social media suckhole, and do more of the ‘deep work’ that helps you achieve your biggest dreams.


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