#268 Deep Work, Digital Minimalism, and Doing Your Highest Value Work with Cal Newport

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Action Plan:</span> <a href= "https://jimharshawjr.com/action"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://jimharshawjr.com/</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">ACTION</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Free Clarity Call:</span> <a href="https://jimharshawjr.com/action"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://jimharshawjr.com/</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">APPLY</span></p> <p> </p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Making technology work for you. </span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cal Newport is the author of six books including, most recently, the</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">New York Times</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">bestseller,</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">. His work has been published in over 25 languages and has been featured in many major publications, including the</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">New York Times</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">,</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Wall Street Journal</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">,</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">New Yorker</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, </span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Washington Post</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, and</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Economist</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In 2016, he published</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Deep Work</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, which argued that our ability to focus without distraction is becoming increasingly rare (due, primarily, to distracting technology), at the same time that it’s becoming increasingly valuable (as the knowledge economy becomes more cognitively demanding). As a result, those individuals and organizations who cultivate their ability to pe