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Forum => Kenya Discussion => Topic started by: vooke on March 31, 2019, 06:09:24 AM
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Interesting perspective on tech and productivity.
Before he turned 30 years old, Cal Newport completed his PhD, authored three books and released dozens of peer-reviewed papers.
work. He carefully blocked out his day, and created space for long, uninterrupted hours to write papers and do research. He also experimented with tactics like travelling on foot to give himself more time in isolation and actively sought out isolated spaces to work without interruption. Quickly he began to see positive results.
After taking a job as a computer science professor at Georgetown University, Newport’s professional obligations did drastically increase, but he continued to produce original research. “Not only did I preserve my research productivity, it actually improved. My previous rate of two good papers a year… leapt to four good papers a year, on average, once i became a much more encumbered professor,” he wrote in his book, Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World. He attributes this success to the unique philosophy he described in his book.
https://blog.dropbox.com/topics/work-culture/cal-newport-finding-focus?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mek-content-cpc&utm_content=cal-newport
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What's your point?
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What's your point?
It's a long read(and I will read it later). But I assume the gist is about sensory overload in today's world and how one can navigate it. Information is great but it can be counterproductive when overwhelms the recipient.