Digital Minimalism with Cal Newport
The Dad Edge Podcast
Larry Hagner
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 6 May 2019
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Today's show is about distraction. Tech can be our best friend and worst enemy. Our devices are no longer normal telephones. They've become our constant companions. Texts, emails, social media and loads of content compete for our attention every hour of the day. We are more distracted and overwhelmed than ever before. It not only affects our work life but can do irreparable damage to our family life as well. Will our kids grow up missing their parents who are always on their phone?
Cal Newport is a bestselling author and the father of three boys. You won't find him on any social media, because he doesn't have any. He the author of six books, including, most recently, the New York Times bestseller, Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World.
Cal is going to tell us how tech is engineered to keep us on our phones and steal time away from our lives. He also talks about how it affects our memory and anxiety levels. Cal teaches us what boundaries to set for screen time with our kids and gives us a 30-Day plan to step away from tech and rebuild our digital lives in a way that serves us.
Don't waste another minute being distracted from the things that are most important to you.
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| 0:00.0 | We are men. We are warriors. We are dads with a purpose. Dad's with an edge. We sharpen our skills so we can show up best for others. |
| 0:14.0 | We have one shot in life to be a dad. |
| 0:20.0 | Why not make it epic? |
| 0:28.0 | Hey, what's up guys? Hey, what's up guys? |
| 0:30.0 | Welcome to the Dad Edge Podcast, formerly the Good Dad Project Podcast. |
| 0:34.8 | And, um, wait a second, I just got a text message. |
| 0:39.7 | Oh wait, wait, wait, hang on. |
| 0:40.7 | I just |
| 0:45.0 | really, hang on. I'll be right back as I do this intro here on the podcast. I'm just really |
| 0:48.0 | distracted. Okay, all right, I'm back. |
| 0:55.6 | Oh my gosh, so that's what today's show is all about it's about distraction our devices social media emails text messages all those things man |
| 1:00.8 | technology could be our best friend and our worst enemy. We're |
| 1:04.7 | definitely a time in our society where we are more distracted, squirrel and |
| 1:09.0 | overwhelmed than ever before and today my guest needs no introduction. I'm interviewing |
| 1:15.4 | Cal Newport. He is the best-selling author and father of three young boys. You won't |
| 1:21.0 | find him on any social media platform because quite frankly he doesn't have one |
| 1:26.2 | Probably never will so but he has written several books to date but most notably |
| 1:32.4 | You might have heard of digital minimalism, choosing a |
| 1:36.1 | focused life in a noisy world. It's his most recent book and this book was a |
| 1:41.0 | New York Times Wall Street Journal, publisher weekly, and USA Today Best Seller. |
| 1:47.6 | Yes, the book is that big. It was named Best Books of the Month list by Amazon USA Today and Time. |
| 1:55.7 | You also might know him in 2016 when he wrote the book, |
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