Ep. 209: Email and Living with Purpose

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

Cal Newport

Technology, Self-improvement, Education

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2022

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Click Here To Take Cal’s Survey: https://bit.ly/3zMTLXp

Cal reacts to the news: TikTok and the Fall of the Social Media Giants [3:05]

- How long should I wait for someone to respond to my email? [32:21]
- Do you recommend having multiple email accounts? [35:21]
- Is there a place for “Inbox Zero” in Cal’s productivity system? [38:15]

Habit Tune-Up: Docket Clearing Meetings [44:44]

- How do I balance my many interests after quitting my job? [55:33]
- Why am I stuck in my pursuit of depth? [1:01:30]
- How can we convince the masses to live deeper? [1:06:57]

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Thanks to Jesse Miller for production, Jay Kerstens for the intro music, and Mark Miles for mastering.

Transcript

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0:00.0	I'm Cal Newport, and this is DeepQuestJet, episode 209.
0:22.5	I'm here my DeepWork HQ, joined by my producer, Jesse.
0:28.8	Before we get at all into today's episode, a quick bit of house cleaning, Jesse and I want
0:35.6	to hear from you about what's working with this show, what's not, what you want to hear
0:41.8	more of, what you want to hear, less of, we're doing a version 2.0, we're planning for
0:47.1	the podcast, just to tighten up what works and maybe batting down what's not.
0:51.9	So with that in mind, we created a quick online survey, just go to the description of this
0:56.7	podcast episode.
0:57.7	There's a link, you click on it, answer a few questions, if you get a chance, it would
1:01.1	be very useful for us, it's a way to help influence the future of this show.
1:07.2	So we're serious about improving, so go to the description, click on that survey link,
1:12.6	answer a few questions, and you will have our great appreciation.
1:18.3	And I think Jesse, what I'm going to do is have two text boxes on there.
1:22.6	One will be complaints about Jesse, and it'll be like this really big box or whatever.
1:27.5	And then there'll be complaints about Cal, it'll be a really small box, and then when
1:30.7	you click on it, it'll be inactivated.
1:32.2	Like it.
1:33.2	Yeah, it just makes me feel better.
1:34.2	Sounds good.
1:35.2	Yeah, forget the audience, forget the numbers.
1:37.0	We know what this is all about, making Cal feel good.
1:42.0	Speaking of good, we have a good episode.
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