Lesson 5: Stabilize Your Schedule with Time Blocking | Cal Newport

The gulf between the work day we imagine and the one we actually have is often wide. Early in the day, we might sit down purposefully, eager to gain traction on a project we know will take all of our brainpower until lunch. But five minutes in, we get a ping from our boss about the afternoon meeting. Then a coworker needs “one tiny thing.” And so on, until we look sheepishly at the clock and think, “Maybe I’ll have better luck tomorrow.”

Productivity expert Cal Newport has a better way. In this video lesson, he advocates the use of time blocking to maximize efficiency and minimize stress.

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About Cal Newport:

Cal Newport is an MIT-trained computer science professor at Georgetown University who also writes about the intersections of technology, work, and the quest to find depth in an increasingly distracted world.