Can You Elaborate on Concentration Calisthenics?

Cal Newport answers a question about #ConcentrationCalisthenics. Cal advices to Embrace Boredom. If you always take out your phone during moments of boredom, then your brain things that boredom equals shinny treat. Training for your brain is important. You want to get to the point where your brain hates training less. Listen to Episode Here (Scroll down to #179DeepQuestionsPodcast) : https://bit.ly/3eEefHK 0:00 Cal's intro 0:13 Cal reads the question about becoming an MVP academic 0:39 Cal talks about embracing boredom 2:07 Your brain can train to focus Connect with Cal Newport: 🔴Visit Cal's BLOG and website: https://bit.ly/3luGhca 🔴Check out Cal's books: https://bit.ly/3ppaafc 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. The videos are considered to be used under the "Fair Use Doctrine" of United States Copyright Law, Title 17 U.S. Code Sections 107-118. Videos are used for editorial and educational purposes only and I do not claim ownership of any original video content. I don't use said video clips in advertisements, marketing or for direct financial gain. All video content in each clip is considered owned by the individual broadcast companies. #CalNewport #DeepWork #DeepLife #DeepQuestions #TimeblockPlanner #WorldWithoutEmail #DeepQuestionsPodcast