Ep 206 – Striving to do less

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

Cal Newport

Technology, Self-improvement, Education

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

With Cal away on vacation, he decides to tackle 8 questions in a row, all in one take, with no breaks!

Ian Fleming’s writing process [1:13]

- How can I get a tech job without credentials? [8:04]
- How do I make progress on tasks in a chaotic job? [10:52]
- Why do you have a problem with social media? [16:07]
- What should I do to succeed in my first internship? [24:16]
- What does Cal think about YouTube shorts? [26:37]
- Is it possible to avoid studying all the time in medical school? [29:14]
- What do you think of Oliver Burkeman’s work on productivity in Four Thousand Weeks? [37:51]
- Can I maintain a social life if I move to the country? [43:41]

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0:00.0	I'm CalMnewPort and this is DeepQuestGames, Episode 206.
0:20.6	As previewed in last week's episode, I am not at the deep work HQ I am stead on vacation
0:28.4	and I am recording this on the road in the glamorous studios of the northern branch of
0:34.1	the HQ by which of course I mean I currently have a blanket over my head, propped up on
0:40.7	a pile of pillows, increasingly becoming hotter as I've turned off all air conditioner in
0:45.8	this room for sound purposes.
0:47.2	So again, ladies and gentlemen, podcasting is a really glitzy, fancy affair.
0:54.4	Alright, so since I am up north, I am without Jesse, but we will persevere.
0:59.1	My goal is to do what I did in the last episode.
1:02.4	I pulled out eight written, sharp questions and I want to go through them one by one.
1:08.7	Just answer, answer, answer, keep it simple, get back the basics.
1:14.4	Before I dive into the questions, however, there is one topic I want to briefly talk about.
1:20.4	I'm up here on vacation, if you want to be more specific about my undisclosed location,
1:25.8	I'm actually in a little farmhouse in the Mad River Valley of Vermont.
1:31.0	And actually my mind got to thinking about the various authors who I have heard, supposedly
1:37.6	have a house like this that they go to for one season a year and finish a book during
1:43.5	that season.
1:45.9	This is the white whale of writing, this idea that you could just have a beautiful location
1:49.9	and you go to for just three months and you come away with a book.
1:54.0	Is this actually possible?
1:56.0	Well, I got a little bit of insight into the reality stories while listening to Golden
2:01.7	Eye, I've mentioned this on the show recently before, Golden Eye is a nonfiction book about
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