Dr. Cal Newport
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Like I got to – whatever.
It's that coming back to what matters again and again.
I think that's interesting.
Right.
Like, think about what would be...
Yeah, I like this idea of thinking about my competitor.
What would really give me a leg up?
Am I doing this?
But I would also add in here, this is like a slower productivity type idea.
You figure out the thing you really care about.
You figure out what you would need to do to really show up for that thing.
And then if you're doing that, like give yourself a break on everything else too.
You know what I mean?
It's like I'm this way with – if I'm getting in my writing time, I have to write.
I'm very uncomfortable when I'm not writing.
I just write all the time, articles, books.
I'm always writing.
If I'm getting in my writing time, then it's like, OK, the rest of the day, maybe like this week was kind of a loss.
Like the kids were homesick or there was a crisis at the university or whatever.
And like I'm just trying to keep that –