When Productivity Theory Meets Practice

What happens when neat theoretical ideas about productivity are deployed in the messy real world? In this episode, Cal is joined by Haley Pulli, a productivity coach from the company DoneDaily, to discuss case studies of clients who initially struggled with some of Cal’s ideas and how they ultimately fixed the issues.

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(0:00) When productivity theory meets practice

(4:26) Time blocking

(14:50) Multi-scale planning

(24:16) Deep work

(43:05) Attention residue

(50:05) Shutdown ritual

(54:05) Obsess over quality

(1:00:07 ) Shallow work

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