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Podcast: People and Projects Podcast: Project Management Podcast
Episode: PPP 144 | 4 Rules to Help Project Managers Focus in a Distracted World, with Cal Newport
Description: Out of the Shallows Project managers are constantly tasked with juggling priorities and managing interruptions. We live in the shallows, so to speak, not the deep. Getting time for focused work seems increasingly difficult. In his new book Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World, Cal Newport offers 4 rules to help us out of the distraction: Work Deeply. There are strategies to get more concentrated work time. Embrace Boredom. Don't try to cram in something to every spare moment. Quit Social Media. Give Cal a chance to make his case before writing this o...