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Dec 2024
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How to be Awesome at Your Job
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Cal Newport shows how to achieve more by doing less.  — YOU’LL LEARN —  1) Why we’re measuring productivity all wrong  2) The surprising math showing how doing less means achieving more  3) The trick to eliminating tasks that don’t serve you  Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep950 for clickable versions of the links below.  — ABOUT CAL ... Show More
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