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How to Become a Straight-A Student
Cal Newport ISBN 9780767922715
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Cal Newport ISBN 9780767922715
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This book by Cal Newport has come up 2 times across 2 different shows: Andrew Huberman, Tim Ferriss. The people who brought it up: Cal Newport. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2022-02-02 and the most recent from 2024-03-11. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
Offers time-management strategies, tips on taking tests, techniques for writing essays better and faster, and self-assessment tests to help students analyze their study skills.
“when I was 22 uh I wrote this book called How to Become a Straight A Student right and the whole premise of the book was I'm going to talk to actual college students who have straight A's”— Cal Newport
The guest here is Cal Newport: A professor of computer science at Georgetown University who trained at MIT. He is the best-selling author of books on productivity and focus, including Deep Work and Slow Productivity. Cal Newport explains the neuroscience of focus and gives concrete systems to escape distraction and do deep, high-value work.
“this was How to Become a Straight A Student this ended up becoming probably the biggest of my student books”— Cal Newport
The guest here is Cal Newport: Associate professor of computer science at Georgetown University (PhD from MIT) who researches the theory of distributed systems. He is a New Yorker contributing writer, host of the Deep Questions podcast, and author of seven books including Deep Work, Digital Minimalism, and A World Without Email. Cal Newport on building a deep life through slow productivity, digital minimalism, craft, and contemplation in an age of distraction.
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