Uploaded December 2020 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago

---

Learn more about this show at aaronfrancis.com/musicmakers.

Busyness is a trap! You can't do deep work if you are constantly running from meeting to meeting, answer emails along the way. You need to create space in your life to accomplish the hard work you're meant to do.

Links

- Original article: calnewport.com/blog/2013/04/03/you-can-be-busy-or-remarkable-but-not-both
- Cal Newport (the author): calnewport.com/about
- The Busy Trap (New York Times): opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/30/the-busy-trap