I'm struggling in finding the what is deep questions habit tune up mini episode.

The idea behind this format is simple. I take voice questions from

listeners, specifically on the topic of tuning up their professional productivity habits in this current moment where our

working lives are unusually disrupted.

Now if you want to submit to your own voice questions for the habit tune up mini

episodes you can do so at speakpipe.com slash Cal Newport. All right let's jump right into this week's mini episode. Our first

question is about what happens when you're too interested in your productivity.

Hi, Cal.

My name is Reagan, and I am an Episcopal priest.

My question is, how does one focus in

on a particular productivity system. I find that often I read books such

as yours and I'm immediately attracted to that particular system, but then I read another book and find another system and I spend my time bouncing around a lot and eventually it hurts the end to which I'm aiming.

So I wondered if you had any advice on how to learn new tricks and tools,

but not to let it throw one off too much.

Well, I think it's important to accept

that no productivity system is going to save you.

This was an idea that I thought was really popular, especially back in the early days of blogging,

when those first really fervent online productivity communities emerge.

There's this big belief that if you could get your system just right, two things would happen. One, work would become effortless.

You would just execute your system,

let your clever software configurations do what they need to do,

tell you what you need to work on next.

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