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Aug 2023
1h 15m

Ep. 262: Creativity Hacking

CAL NEWPORT
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When it comes to generating fantastic ideas – the type that can make your career – you don’t have to passively wait for inspiration to strike. You can, instead, *hack* the creative process to increase the odds of coming up with something great. In this episode, Cal explores one of the more powerful forms of “creativity hacking”: making use of strange locatio ... Show More
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