Feeling overwhelmed by distractions? You’re not alone. In this episode of the Leading Up podcast, bestselling author and Duke professor Dorie Clark shares how to find clarity, focus, and agency in a noisy world. Learn how to think and act more strategically, embrace long-term thinking, and make better decisions about where to focus your time, energy, and leadership. From “heads up/heads down” mode to the idea of choosing what to be bad at, Dorie offers powerful and practical guidance for navigating modern work and life. Timestamps 00:00 – Strategy starts with intentional choices 01:00 – Meet Dorie Clark, bestselling author and professor 02:30 – Why we struggle to get noticed in a noisy world 04:30 – Strategy = moving toward the life you want 06:00 – Choose to be bad at something to be great at something 08:30 – Why busyness = status in Western culture 10:00 – Four-day work weeks and Parkinson’s Law 12:30 – Entrepreneurial thinking under constraint 14:00 – How to build agency in unce...