Ep. 217: Slow Productivity Advice

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

Cal Newport

Technology, Self-improvement, Education

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2022

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

Link to submit questions: bit.ly/3U3sTvo

CAL REACTS: Brandon Sanderson’s Underground Lair [2:49]

- Was it a mistake to drop out of college? [21:49]
- What tools should I use to manage my processes? [28:47]
- CALL: Help with slow productivity [32:12]
- What hobbies will improve my concentration? [37:34]

CASE STUDY: Building a Deep Life on House Hacking (plus: thoughts on FIRE) [43:22]

- Is Cal using Zettelkasten? [58:06]
- How I schedule work with an unpredictable medical issue? [1:01:38]

Books Cal Read in September, 2022 [1:15:07]

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

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0:00.0	I'm Cal Newport, and this is DeepQuestions, episode 217.
0:21.4	For those who are new, this is to show where I take questions and calls from my audience
0:27.5	about the theory and practice of living and working deeply in an increasingly shallow world.
0:34.2	If you want to contribute your questions, there is a link in the show notes.
0:40.4	If you want to watch these episodes, instead of listening, go to youtube.com slash tal
0:46.2	Newport media.
0:48.0	We have video of full episodes as well as clips of some of our more popular questions and
0:53.0	segments.
0:54.0	The DeepWork HQ joined as normal by my producer, Jesse.
1:00.8	Jesse, do you miss with Republic, the restaurant that was below us?
1:04.8	Now it's gone.
1:05.8	It's shut down.
1:06.8	It's gone out of business.
1:07.8	I kind of blame you, but not completely.
1:10.2	Do you miss?
1:11.2	Now that they've been gone, the weird smell Wednesdays.
1:15.4	No, I don't.
1:17.4	I think it was, I don't know if it was Wednesdays or not, that's just illiterates.
1:21.2	We would get these weird smells.
1:25.2	It has to be the kitchen.
1:26.2	That was our best guess, but it wasn't every day.
1:29.0	We weren't quite sure if they cooked something weird on certain days of the week or if they're
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