Dr. Cal Newport
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
The work shutdown being clear gives you more flexibility there.
So it's like, okay, what do we want to do?
Let's go see these people.
Let's do these things with the family.
I like to be flexible.
and not overly planned outside of the workday.
But then during the workday itself, you know, it's much more machine-like.
Yeah, I'm like a black box in the workday.
When I'm working, like I disappear.
Nice.
Yeah.
And then when I'm done, like I'm around.
But like my family and friends and they've learned like if you text me.
during the workday.
I'm not part of that game of like, I'll just respond back to it.
People know, like it may have been four hours since I saw my phone.
So you're saying if you start to get a lot of like memes texted to you from Lex.
That's not going to happen.
You're going to be like, what's going on, Lex?
That's never going to happen.