Ep. 145: Is the Deep Life Compatible with Serving Humanity?

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

Cal Newport

Self-improvement, Technology, Education

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🗓️ 8 November 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Below are the questions covered in today's episode (with their timestamps). For instructions on submitting your own questions, go to calnewport.com/podcast.DEEP DIVE: My October reading list [1:49]DEEP WORK QUESTIONS: - How do you avoid burn out from deep work? [11:55] - Are your (Cal's) systems for tracking deep work and for tracking GTD projects independent? [13:59] - Does studying “on the go” incur cognitive burden? [18:07] - What category of things do you track on your (Cal's) Trello boards? [26:42] - What skills are most important for an undergraduate looking to become a professor? [32:12]DEEP LIFE QUESTIONS: - What would you recommend to a doctoral student without a mentor? [36:53] - How do you balance physical and digital tools in productivity? [39:16] - Do you suggest reading for quality or quantity with non-fiction books? [41:34] - How do you apply your ideas to make sure your family can pursue a deeper life? [43:25] - Is the deep life compatible with helping humanity? [48:27]Thanks to Jay Kerstens for the intro music and Mark Miles for mastering. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This show is sponsored by Optimize, an online network dedicated to helping you
0:08.0	live a deeper life. When you sign up for Optimize you get access to over 600
0:14.2	philosophers notes. These are best-in-the-business summaries of some of the most
0:20.6	important nonfiction books ever written. You'll also get access to over 50 101
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0:37.8	one big idea from this corpus presents it to you in a accessible video and
0:43.3	then links below to the philosophers notes you can follow for the books from
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1:37.3	I'm Cal Newport and this is Deep West Gifts episode 145.
1:44.3	This is not the first podcast episode to be released in November but it is
1:55.4	actually the first podcast episode that I'm recording in the month of November so
2:01.6	based on some feedback from listeners I thought it might be interesting to go
2:05.4	through my October reading list the books I read in October. Quick reminder you
2:11.8	know I'm a big advocate of the reading life. I think you should be reading more books
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