513: If You're Busy You're Doing Something Wrong: The Surprisingly Relaxed Lives of Elite Achievers by Cal Newport

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🗓️ 7 May 2017

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Cal Newport is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Georgetown University, who specializes in the theory of distributed algorithms. He previously earned his Ph.D. from MIT in 2009 and graduated from Dartmouth College in 2004. In addition to studying the theoretical foundations of our digital age as a professor, Newport also writes about the impact of these technologies on the world of work. His most recent book, Deep Work, argues that focus is the new I.Q. in the knowledge economy, and that individuals who cultivate their ability to concentrate without distraction will thrive. Episode 513: If You're Busy You're Doing Something Wrong: The Surprisingly Relaxed Lives of Elite Achievers by Cal Newport (Practice). The original post is located here: http://calnewport.com/blog/2011/11/11/if-youre-busy-youre-doing-something-wrong-the-surprisingly-relaxed-lives-of-elite-achievers Please Rate & Review the Show! Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com and Join the Ol' Family to get your Free Gifts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 513.
0:03.6	If you're busy, you're doing something wrong, the surprisingly relaxed lives of elite
0:07.8	achievers by CalNewportofCalNewport.com and I'm Justin Mollick, the guy who reads blog
0:12.9	posts to you every single day to help you optimize your life and definitely with permission
0:17.9	from the authors, otherwise that would be copyright infringement.
0:21.0	And today I have a post from CalNewport Associate Professor of Computer Science at Georgetown
0:25.5	University and author of Deep Work which has been highly reviewed.
0:29.7	In fact the author I'm reading tomorrow for Minimalist Monday will mention it in that
0:33.0	post strangely enough.
0:34.0	I don't want to keep this Sunday intro nice and short for you so let's get right to
0:37.7	it and start optimizing your life.
0:44.2	If you're busy, you're doing something wrong, the surprisingly relaxed lives of elite
0:48.4	achievers by CalNewportofCalNewport.com.
0:52.5	The Berlin Study
0:54.4	In the early 1990s a trio of psychologists descended on the University of Tad Dirk Kuhnst,
0:59.8	sorry for the pronunciation, a historic arts academy in the heart of West Berlin.
1:04.4	They came to study the violinists.
1:06.7	As described in their subsequent publication in psychological review, the researchers asked
1:11.0	the academy's music professors to help them identify a set of stand-out violin players.
1:16.6	The students of the professors believed would go on to careers as professional performers.
1:21.4	We'll call this group the Elite Players.
1:24.2	For a point of comparison, they also selected a group of students from the school's education
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