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Deep Questions with Cal Newport

Ep. 169: How Do I Manage My Time?

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

Cal Newport

Technology, Education, Self-improvement

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2022

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Below are the questions covered in today's episode (with their timestamps). For instructions on submitting your own questions, go to calnewport.com/podcast.Video from today’s episode: https://tinyurl.com/b2rkctfjCORE IDEA:  Time Management  [4:37]DEEP WORK QUESTIONS:- What does deliberate practice look like for computer programming? [30:15]- Is it rational to quit your job if it implies a potential harm to society? [36:04]- When is deep work not the most important metric? [39:04]- Should I stay a job where the management actively tries to stifle productivity? [42:46]- What are your (Cal’s) tips for a mother of two small kids getting her masters? [51:15]DEEP LIFE QUESTIONS:- Is raising kids part of the deep life or an obstacle to achieving it?  [1:00:22]- Is listening to audiobooks just as beneficial as reading hard-copy books? [1:04:55]- How do I accomplish a digital detox when all of my leisure involves my phone? [1:06:07]- How can high school students excel without SATs? [1:11:06]- Should I worry about social media getting me fired from my job? [1:12:21]Thanks to Jesse Miller for production, Jay Kerstens for the intro music, and Mark Miles for mastering. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

I'm Cal Newport and this is DeepQuestions, episode 169.

0:21.9

I'm here as always in the DeepWork HQ, happy to announce that Jesse is back.

0:27.8

Jesse, you look healthy and hail over there.

0:30.7

I'm doing okay.

0:31.7

It's good to be back.

0:32.7

I forgot in just the two sessions you weren't here, how much time it takes me, how slow

0:39.6

I am, and all the clicking and dragging that is involved manipulating the computer to actually

0:45.5

record these episodes.

0:46.5

I got spoiled with you being here.

0:48.0

When I had to go back and do it by myself, I was like putting a two-year-old on a computer

0:52.3

like, let me click on that and let me drop it.

0:56.0

It took me forever, man, so I'm glad you're back.

0:59.3

Let's put it that way.

1:00.3

It's good to be back.

1:01.3

Thanks for having me back.

1:03.9

You look good.

1:04.9

You're healthy, everything fine?

1:05.9

Yeah.

1:06.9

I'm doing totally fine.

1:07.9

I was, you know, followed the protocols and now I'm back.

1:11.6

Yeah, now I think if my reading of the medical literature is correct because you have had

1:16.9

vaccine shots and you got COVID, you are now, and I believe this is the technical

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