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Oct 2024
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IN-DEPTH:The Productivity Trap (w/ Olive...

CAL NEWPORT
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In this episode of IN-DEPTH, a semi-regular interview series with people at the frontiers of deep living, Cal welcomes the bestselling author Oliver Burkeman to the Deep Work HQ to talk about his new book, MEDITATIONS FOR MORTALS, and more generally the tension between wanting to get your act together and becoming unhealthily obsessed with productivity. Vide ... Show More
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