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Why Draper University Won’t Work (But Could)

January 26, 2023August 28, 2013

School for Heroes Every morning, the students at the Draper University School for Heroes recite an oath: “I will promote freedom at all costs.” “I … Read more

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Your Career is Not a Disney Movie

January 26, 2023August 17, 2013

Believe in Your (Animated) Self A reader recently sent me an article from The Atlantic. It was titled (quite descriptively): You Can Do Anything: Must … Read more

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Louis C. K. on Career Capital

January 26, 2023April 24, 2013

The Power of Diligence The comedian Louis C. K. lives a remarkable life. How did he make that happen? Here’s an interesting quote from a … Read more

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Deliberately Experimenting with Deliberate Practice — Looking for Subjects to Test My Advice

January 26, 2023April 8, 2013

The Deliberate Practice Pilot Program I’m fascinated by deliberate practice. I’m convinced this advanced practice philosophy can help knowledge workers rapidly pick up skills that … Read more

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Two Books To Keep On Your New Year Radar

January 26, 2023January 8, 2013

Two Recommendations In general, January is a good month for books about productivity. This January is particularly good as two friends of mine, whose thinking … Read more

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This Holiday, Give the Gift of Career Confidence

January 26, 2023December 13, 2012

A Gift that Keeps on Giving If you’re still searching for holiday gifts, I want to humbly recommend my new book, So Good They Can’t … Read more

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My New Project

January 26, 2023November 7, 2012

Max Jacob Newport. Born 11/6/12. Future Study Hacker…

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My Article in the New York Times and Other Miscellanea

January 26, 2023October 1, 2012

I wanted to share a few notes about the SO GOOD launch and some related material that caught my attention recently… Here’s an article I … Read more

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Cal launched the "Study Hacks" blog at calnewport.com in 2007, and has been regularly publishing essays here ever since. Over 2,000,000 people a year visit this site to read Cal's weekly posts about technology, productivity, and the quest to live and work deeply in an increasingly distracted world, while tens of thousands more subscribe to have these essays delivered directly to their inbox (see the sign-up form below). To read more, you can browse more than 15 years of past essays in the archive.
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This site is the online home for the computer science professor and bestselling author Cal Newport. Here you can learn more about Cal and both his general-audience and academic writing. You can also browse and subscribe to his long-running weekly essay series. For more on Cal's podcast, videos, and online courses, please visit his media portal, TheDeepLife.com

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