Collection:: [[Deep Questions with Cal Newport]] ## Summary ## Notes ## Highlights - Looking back at an old article on his fixed productivity system - Lots of parts in the article continue - Initially thought of it as a powerful constraint to fit everything else - Forces you to innovate - In reality, it allows for workload management - a missing piece in knowledge work - Better than waiting until you are too stressed out - If you cannot fit your work into your ideal constraints, it's time for a change - wishes he has less to do, and doesn't like it when it is very crowded due to overload aversion - too much time for a small list of obligations