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SPS 009: Eliminating Distractions & Practicing Deep Work to Finish Your Book with Cal Newport

Self Publishing School: How To Write A Book That Grows Your Impact, Income, And Business

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The Market Values of Busyness

There's no value in the marketplace for busyness. No one's ever made a fortune being really good at Facebook. But there are people who have made huge fortunes doing cognitive demanding computer skills required to build out those big distributed systems that run Facebook. So your focus should be how much of my time can I spend pushing my brain to its limit to produce things that are as valuable as I'm able to produce? Because that's what the market will reward.

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