Ep. 214: Quiet Quitting

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

Cal Newport

Technology, Self-improvement, Education

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2022

⏱️ 86 minutes

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- Deep Dive: Quiet Quitting [4:00]

- How can I motivate my kids to have Cal’s work ethic? [24:28]
- What are Cal’s tips for writing better articles? [34:48]
- Are someday/maybe lists worth it? [44:33]
- How can a researcher embrace slow productivity? [48:24]
- Why did Cal switch from Roam to Obsidian note-taking software? [53:47]

CASE STUDY: A World Without Email got my team through a crisis [57:01]

- How can I concentrate on work with so many bad things happening in the world? [1:09:31]
- What if I don’t enjoy the deep life I designed? [1:20:16]

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0:00.0	On Cal New Port, and this is DeepQuestions, episode 214.
0:22.0	If you're new, this is the show where I answer questions from my audience about both the
0:27.8	theory and practice of living and working deeply. I'm joined here as always in my DeepWorkHQ
0:37.6	by my producer, Jesse. Jesse, I don't know if you noticed, the restaurant that we are above,
0:47.4	or I should say we're above, is out of business. Republic? Public is shut down. What happened?
0:54.4	Look, I don't want to say it's our fault. I'm just looking at the timeline. Successful restaurant,
1:01.1	we move in upstairs, restaurant closes, so I don't know maybe it's something we're doing.
1:05.8	No, I think it was just pandemic. They never really recovered. It's a big place. We went in
1:12.1	there once and kind of had an awkward layout. Yeah, it's a weird space, but it's been there for a
1:18.1	long time, maybe five, six years. After the pandemic, they were shut down for a while, and then
1:26.0	when they came back, they never went all in. Remember the weird hours? They weren't doing lunches.
1:31.5	They were closing at nine. They were closed on Monday and Tuesday, so it's hard to get help.
1:35.5	It's hard to get help. It's part of a restaurant group here in DC, the Black group. I think
1:39.9	they only had so much capital and they're focusing it on other places. That's too bad. Yeah.
1:47.2	I was brainstorming. Here's the thought experiment. I'll get your thoughts.
1:51.5	Imagine we had a show that was slightly bigger than ours. Let's say a Huberman
1:56.5	Fred Min style show. That would generate enough revenue that you could cover without breaking
2:02.4	a sweat, the least payment on that space. Let's say we're in that situation. This is a space
2:08.8	below us. This is a big, nice space. We need to take it over. What would we do with that space?
2:13.7	What would you do, Jesse? What do you think we should do? I'd probably start bartending and
2:18.6	feeding you drinks. You would just be bartending during the show. You are a really good bartender.
2:24.4	That could be... So your recommendation, so Jesse's recommendation and the people to come and
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