705: Be so good they can’t ignore you - the habits of Cal Newport

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Kevin Miller

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🗓️ 12 August 2019

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Steve Martin’s career guidance in his memoir, “Born Standing Up”, is to be so good they can’t ignore you. Ivy league computer science professor Cal Newport took it to heart. So much so that he wrote a best selling book with that title! Cal was my featured guest in show 703 where we discussed his book Deep Work and his latest book, Digital Minimalism. In this episode he shares his habits for success. Cal is one of the more influential personalities of...today’s influencers. Some of what you’ll hear is, Cal is a follower of Michael Pollan and Mark Sisson and primal eating and exercising. He's big into cognitive fitness and the reality that the brain is a muscle that needs to be worked out consistently. He's a fan of multiple streams of income and literally states he never trusts one stream of income. His best career advice, we already covered! He seeks high quality leisure and plays guitar in some bands. All in all, not the picture you might have of a professor of computer science at an Ivy League school. Connect with Cal at calnewport.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is a Glass Box Media Podcast.
0:06.0	Welcome everybody. I'm Kevin Miller.
0:08.0	This is the Ziggler show inspired by the grandfather of Inspiration himself Zig Zigzigler. Our focus here is you and your personal development.
0:17.0	The way to have more tomorrow is to become more today.
0:21.0	So we bring you the best of today's world influencers and discover how we can
0:25.2	all apply new and classic methodologies of personal growth to our lives.
0:29.4	And hey Ziggler listeners, Zigg would be so grateful to know that his influence through this show has us quickly approaching 40 million downloads.
0:38.5	So this is just my thanks to you, not just for listening, but for passing on the Ziegler legacy in your own lives.
0:45.1	In today's episode we talk about what makes you, us, who we are and where we are
0:52.0	and what we are.
0:53.0	It's our habits and we're going to open your eyes to some successful habits
0:58.0	by auditing the habits of Computer Science Professor Cal Newport,
1:02.0	one of the more influential personalities of today's influencers.
1:06.8	My main talk with Cal was Show 703.
1:09.5	It was titled Get A Lease on Technology and take back your world.
1:13.5	Some of what you'll hear in this episode is,
1:16.2	well, Cal's a follower of Michael Paulin and Mark Sisson
1:19.3	in primal eating and exercising.
1:21.9	He's big into cognitive fitness and the reality that the brain is a muscle
1:26.0	that needs to be worked out consistently. He's a fan of multiple streams of income and literally
1:31.1	states he does never trust one stream of income.
1:35.0	His best career advice, well he borrowed it from Steve Martin.
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