Cal Newport

Put into whatever system you use for scheduling and tasks.

And that then becomes an action that helps you move forward.

That's what helps you take your insights from the pause and turn them into positive action.

All right?

Make sense?

So...

You need a pause.

It doesn't have to be dramatic, but it can be if possible.

You need to be a little bit systematic with what you do during the pause.

This is very important.

All right, now you may have heard that dog barking in the background.

Well, I'm actually recording this more specifically.

I'm in Asheville, but not at my resort.

I'm actually in the garage studio of my writer friend, Brad Stolberg, who's been on this show many times.

Now, a client gave Brad a bottle of wine that Brad claims cost...

Now, I think he's exaggerating.

We've been pushing him on this, but he claims it cost $1,000.

So what we're going to do is right after I finish recording this here, so we have a pizza waiting.

We're going to open up that bottle.

We're going to try out this vintage, and we're going to think some big thoughts about our lives as the Chris Nighttime Mountaineer rolls in.