If you’re wearing headphones, or monitoring a text message chain, or, God forbid, narrating the stroll on Instagram — you’re not really walking, and … - Cal Newport

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If you’re wearing headphones, or monitoring a text message chain, or, God forbid, narrating the stroll on Instagram — you’re not really walking, and therefore you’re not going to experience this practice’s greatest benefits

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About Cal Newport

Calvin C. Newport (1982-06-23–) is an American writer and computer scientist.

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Alternative Names: Calvin Charles Newport
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Sertillanges argues that to advance your understanding of your field you must tackle the relevant topics systematically, allowing your “converging rays of attention” to uncover the truth latent in each. In other words, he teaches: To learn requires intense concentration.

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In the middle of a busy workday, or after a particularly trying morning of childcare, it’s tempting to crave the release of having nothing to do — whole blocks of time with no schedule, no expectations, and no activity beyond whatever seems to catch your attention in the moment. These decompression sessions have their place, but their rewards are muted, as they tend to devolve toward low-quality activities like mindless phone swiping and half-hearted binge-watching.

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