# Nick Saban Just Got Email - Study Hacks - Cal Newport

<https://www.calnewport.com/blog/2020/04/11/nick-saban-just-got-email/>

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## What Jamie wrote

I only know Nick Saban's name because [our COO](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jim-frome-5a55984/) references him frequently.

> Low friction communication makes a lot of modern work easier, because it allows you to avoid the pain of setting up and optimizing systems that organize your efforts. But easy is not the same as effective.

It’s interesting that Saban seems to use some of the techniques that Newport advocates for in [Deep Work](https://www.calnewport.com/books/deep-work/).

## Facts

- Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/)

## Appears in

- [WT144: Weekly Thing #144 / Contact Tracing, Stockdale Paradox, John Prine, Goat 2 Meeting](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/144/), Recommended Links

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## Elsewhere

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