Ep. 51: Saying "No", Building an Email List Without Social Media, and Falling Short of High Expectations | DEEP QUESTIONS
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
Cal Newport
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 7 December 2020
⏱️ 80 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast is brought to you in part by our long time sponsor, Grammar League. |
| 0:07.0 | Now here's the thing, clarity in how you express yourself is really important. |
| 0:15.0 | You have probably noticed this when you read a professional article, |
| 0:19.0 | a long-form piece in a magazine, an op-ed in the newspaper, |
| 0:22.0 | the way that the points made in those |
| 0:24.0 | professional pieces of writing seem to be much more convincing than when, say, your friend text you, or you |
| 0:30.0 | read an argument in an email from your coworker. |
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| 0:38.4 | amateur writing. |
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