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cover of episode Ep. 54: Habit Tune-Up: Capture Tools, Getting Started, and Building Skills at Home

Ep. 54: Habit Tune-Up: Capture Tools, Getting Started, and Building Skills at Home

2020/12/17
logo of podcast Deep Questions with Cal Newport

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

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In this mini-episode, I answer audio questions from listeners asking for advice about how best to tune-up their productivity and work habits in a moment of increased distraction and disruption.You can submit your own audio questions at speakpipe.com/calnewport.Here are the topics we cover: -  Clarifying capturing and configuring. [2:09] -  Time blocking for teachers. [9:24] -  Starting from scratch on a hard professional challenge. [15:20] -  Building professional skills as a stay-at-home parent. [25:35] -  Bottom up versus top down when reorganizing your life. [32:04]Thanks to listener Jay Kerstens for the intro music.