Can I Do Deep Work for More than 4 Hours per Day?

Cal Newport talks about intense Deep Work. 4 hours comes from professional chess and violin players. Cal argues that slowing down might be better.

0:00 Cal's intro
0:05 Cal reads a question about doing Deep Work
0:38 Cal talks about violin and chess players
1:06 Cal's adendum

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About Cal Newport:
Cal Newport is a computer science professor at Georgetown University. In addition to his academic research, he writes about the intersection of digital technology and culture. Cal's particularly interested in our struggle to deploy these tools in ways that support instead of subvert the things we care about in both our personal and professional lives.

Cal is a New York Times bestselling author of seven books, including, most recently, A World Without Email, Digital Minimalism, and Deep Work. He's also the creator of The Time-Block Planner.

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#Learnings:
- Yes one can do >4 hrs of deep work as well. But do only that much which is giving you good returns. No need to exceed after that, because definitely at some time, you'll experience burnout.