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Lesson 1: Do Fewer Things (Principle 1)

Increase cognitive capacity and concentration at work. Communicate your workload transparently with supervisors.

Picture a tightrope walker, carefully stepping across a wire hoisted high in the air. To do so without falling, they must maintain constant equilibrium paired with single-minded attention. Distractions are dangerous.

In many ways, today’s modern knowledge worker needs similar balance and focus. Productivity expert Cal Newport believes one way to do this …

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