Sources:
* Cal Newport's Planning System (In Detail), avail. on YouTube
* Cal Newport, Deep Work (2016)
What Does This Have to Do with Investing?
Offense and defense against "information smog" has everything to do with succeeding in financial markets. One critical area of intervention is in something as mundane as planning across different time intervals (for me, quarterly, weekly, daily). See, e.g., Field Note 3: On "Info Smog."
The Details.
My Current Day Plan Template (downloadable & editable as pptx file).
Friends, please fork, customize, and improve at will. I'd be grateful to learn about your improvements if you are so inclined to share.
⚠️ Beware the sirens: over-optimization and burnout when deploying the day plan.
And, here is the logic behind each piece. Where is it flawed or overwrought?
