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Deep Questions with Cal Newport

Ep. 192 : Habit Tune-Up Returns!

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

Cal Newport

Education, Self-improvement, Technology

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2022

⏱️ 62 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:  youtube.com/calnewportmediaDEEP DIVE: The Crypto Question No One is Asking [1:43]QUESTIONS:- Should I be productive or bill more hours? [24:51]- Can someone with ADHD succeed with Deep Work? [28:44]- Can I find depth if I have roommates? [33:12]- How do I track more publications? [37:49]- I can’t time-block. What should I do? [43:33]- How do I tame Netflix? [47:19]- How does Cal come up with ideas? [55:04]- How do I shorten weekly planning sessions? [58:26]    Thanks to our Sponsors:Headspace.com/QuestionsLadderLife.com/DeepAthleticGreens.com/DeepBlinkist.com/DeepThanks 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 CalNewPort and this is DeepQuestions, episode 192.

0:22.6

I'm here in my deep work HQ, as with Monday's episode.

0:28.1

I am solo, Jesse is on his trip.

0:33.1

He will be back for next week's episode.

0:35.4

Good news for everyone.

0:38.3

Our one episode experiment with the Jesse Scarecrow

0:43.1

has come to a merciful end.

0:46.4

I have dismantled, burned, soaked in holy water,

0:51.5

the Jesse Scarecrow, and I think we can say,

0:55.0

without exaggeration, that that was a dark time,

1:00.0

not just in the show's history, but in our nation's history.

1:04.7

So we've moved past it, no Jesse Scarecrow.

1:07.3

Have a good episode, I always, I say always,

1:09.5

but I wanted to try some different things

1:12.7

when Jesse wasn't here.

1:13.6

Maybe some things he would have rightly talked to me out of.

1:17.1

So for one, I'm doing more questions than normal.

1:21.6

I wanted to get back into the spirit

1:23.3

of the original habit tune up episodes we usually do on Thursday,

1:26.2

which would be more nuts and bolts focused.

1:28.8

And so I went a little overboard.

1:30.3

I think I have seven or eight questions here.

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