Ep. 198: The Second Principle of Slow Productivity

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

Cal Newport

Education, Technology, Self-improvement

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🗓️ 30 May 2022

⏱️ 65 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.Video from today’s episode: youtube.com/calnewportmediaUpdate on Cal’s book writing [5:11]- LISTENER CALL: How do I get information out of my inbox? [9:59]- How do I choose a masters program? (RANT alert) [15:16]- How do you know what is enough for the next step of your career? [19:47]HABIT TUNE-UP: Multi-Scale Seasonality (The second principle of slow productivity) [34:01]RAPID FIRE CALLS:- How do I improve my evening wind down routine? [40:36]- How do you take a Deep Holiday? [42:52]- How do you organize your books? [46:12]NEWS: A novel solution to the problems of social media [51:45]Can I live a Deep Life if I decide to start a family? [57:27]Thanks to our Sponsors:Getkion.com/CalMagicspoon.com/CalZocdoc.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

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0:00.0	I'm Count Newport, and this is DeepQuestions, episode 198.
0:21.7	I'm here as always in the Deep Work HQ, joined by my producer, Jesse, Jesse 198.
0:28.7	200's kind of sneaking up on us.
0:31.7	Yeah, two away, two weeks.
0:33.7	Yeah, I didn't really think about it for whatever reason working on the script for today.
0:36.7	I was like, wow, we're almost there.
0:38.7	I mean, I assume it's probably too late for us to plan something special.
0:42.7	We didn't really get our act together on that.
0:44.7	South Africa trip.
0:46.7	We may be a little bit late for two weeks from now to be records of South Africa.
0:51.7	Maybe though we can get you out on the sidewalk in front of the Republic Restaurant here in Tacoma Park with one of those flippy signs.
0:58.7	Yeah, you spin.
0:59.7	That's a good idea.
1:00.7	Free podcast show, free podcast show.
1:01.7	We can get a little audience together.
1:03.7	We can have like six confused parents on the way to the playground with their toddlers to stand it around looking up set in the background of the HQ.
1:13.7	That would be, that's going to be our 200th anniversary.
1:16.7	I'll tell you, here's the best venue in town.
1:18.7	If that's not a lot of stuff in DC, I would say the best venue in town for something if you're going to a big live show is a sixth and I.
1:26.7	You know the sixth and I synagogue?
1:28.7	No.
1:29.7	So it's at sixth and I in DC.
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