#37: How to Make Modern Work Less Miserable and What AI is Doing to the Workday | Cal Newport

Michael speaks with Cal Newport, a Georgetown computer scientist and author of Deep Work and Slow Productivity, about why modern work rewards busyness over valuable work and how to reclaim your focus. They discuss:

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0:42 Why modern work keeps us stressed
3:23 How busyness replaced real productivity
11:41 Why email and meetings destroy focus
24:58 Do fewer things, finish them faster
30:23 The three rules of Slow Productivity
44:15 Productivity myths from Austen to Kerouac
52:25 How Cal Newport schedules his work
55:24 How to say no without burning a bridge
1:09:15 How to use AI without weakening your thinking

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