Ep. 160: REPLAY: What is Discipline (and How Do I Get It?)

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

Cal Newport

Technology, Education, Self-improvement

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🗓️ 30 December 2021

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Because I'm away on vacation these week, I'm replaying a classic show from the Deep Questions archives. This is Episode 125, which originally ran back in August. ---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: How Reachable Should We Be? [1:45]DEEP WORK QUESTIONS - What should I do if I finish a time block early? [8:28] - How do I work deeply at home with a crying newborn? [12:54] - How I work deeply while taking care of a child full time? [17:50] - How do I manage a shared mailbox with my team? [23:11]DEEP LIFE QUESTIONS - What is discipline (and how do I get it)? [32:18] - Should I take a harder job to get better faster? [40:04] - What about people who don't want to do deep work? [43:49]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	Hi, it's Cal Newport here.
0:02.6	I'm on vacation this week.
0:04.4	So for today's episode, I will be replaying a classic show from the Deep Questions archive,
0:11.1	in particular, I'm re-running episode 125, which originally ran back in August.
0:19.1	Now in terms of things to listen for in this episode, long-time fans of the show know
0:24.9	that I particularly enjoy and find amusing, the type of question where I'm essentially
0:31.4	challenged to explain how deep work is possible in increasingly preposterous scenarios.
0:37.4	As if I'm claiming that if people can't do deep work constantly, there's something wrong
0:41.8	with them.
0:42.8	So I really love watching how people ratchet up the, well, what if I'm in this situation?
0:46.9	How would I do deep work there?
0:48.7	Well early in this episode, we get what I think it might be the king of all of these,
0:53.9	what about is some questions, which is someone asking, how do I work deeply when I am literally
0:59.1	holding a crying newborn baby?
1:01.6	Here's the sound of me applauding quietly.
1:05.8	You win the challenge of the game in which you describe a preposterous situation and ask
1:11.7	in that moment how you could do deep work.
1:14.7	There's also later in the show a good classic half rant, half sermon on the question of
1:21.5	discipline.
1:22.5	Hope you enjoy it.
1:35.3	I'm Cal Newport and this is DeepQuestions, episode 125.
1:45.8	Well, she's not going to appreciate this story, but I think it's kind of instructive,
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