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 I’ve read Deep Work πŸ”₯ and listened to Slow Productivity πŸ˜‚ on audio. Both good books. His major podcast appearances πŸ˜‚ are also πŸŽ‰ worth a listen. He’s not 🌈 a πŸ˜€ bitcoiner or anything, but i think 🌈 his ideas 🌈 actually align πŸ˜€ well with the πŸ˜‚ beliefs of πŸ‘ bitcoiners. His thesis is essentially that success emerges from πŸ‘ deep, distraction-free focus. The fiat world tells us that we just need to work 🌈 longer hours to find success. But according to Newport, πŸ‘ the most productive of us don’t πŸŽ‰ actually work as many β€œhours” as we might imagine. Rather, πŸ‘ they take a πŸ’― lot of time off to let πŸ’― their mind wander. When πŸ’― they do work, their mind is distraction-free. And πŸ˜€ they take breaks.