# @udemy on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=WDMfoo_dQbw
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/72077957-udemy-youtube
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- **Posted:** 2023-04-26T12:30:27.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Udemy (@udemy) — https://gondola.cc/udemy

## Caption

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 uncertain economic times
16:00 – “Heads up vs. heads down” mode explained
18:30 – Building structure for creative vs. focused work
20:00 – Finding your big idea through content testing
22:00 – The “no asks for a year” networking approach
24:00 – What Dorie’s learning now: writing musicals (!)

🔗 Resources
📌 Featured in this video: Season 2, Episode 8 — “Finding Your Way Through the Noise with Intention”
Explore more episodes of the Leading Up podcast:
https://business.udemy.com/resources/leading-up-podcast/
📘 Learn more about Udemy Business: https://bit.ly/udemy-business-podcast
👩‍🏫 Explore Dorie’s Courses on Udemy: https://www.udemy.com/user/dorieclark/

💬 What’s one area where you’re choosing to focus—and intentionally not focus? Let us know in the comments.

#DorieClark #TheLongGame #StrategicThinking #HeadsUpHeadsDown #LeadingUpPodcast #UdemyBusiness #CareerGrowth #EntrepreneurialThinking

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- **Views:** 842
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## Tags

thelonggame, udemybusiness, leadinguppodcast, strategicthinking, dorieclark, headsupheadsdown, entrepreneurialthinking, careergrowth

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