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    <name>Chirag Singhal</name>
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    <summary>Set up a remote workspace around the two things that actually protect deep work: a door you can close and a signal that tells your brain the day has started.</summary>
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    <summary>A practical path to your first and fifth remote client: pick a narrow specialty, become visible where they already look, and make it easy to say yes.</summary>
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    <summary>Async isn&apos;t just Slack instead of meetings. Done well it means writing things down, working in overlapping windows, and trusting people to close the loop without being watched.</summary>
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