Ep. 219: The Deep Reset

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

Cal Newport

Education, Self-improvement, Technology

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2022

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Link to submit questions: bit.ly/3U3sTvo DEEP DIVE: The Deep Reset [8:58] - Should I use Seinfeld’s “Don’t Break the Chain” method? [37:48] - Does Cal have a separate task board and weekly plan for his personal life? [42:07] - How do I track my metrics over the long term? [47:18] - Are Facebook and Instagram doomed? [52:25] - CALL: Children and video games [58:47] - When do I add a task to my list versus straight into my weekly plan? [1:07:50] CASE STUDY: Implementing Deep Work advice [1:13:18] MAILBAG: [1:19:40] - Cal’s vision of the AR future as it grows closer https://twitter.com/MKBHD/status/1580917421757587456?s=20&t=-deRWeIvOuCdPhhnAOFm9Q - Andrew Huberman on the “Cathedral Effect” https://hubermanlab.com/5-science-based-steps-to-improve-your-workspace/ - Obligatory Focus Porn: Writing in an isolated hut https://alastairhumphreys.com/important-or-urgent/ Thanks to our Sponsors: rhone.com/Cal ladderlife.com/Deep eightsleep.com/Deep stamps.com/Deep Thanks 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 Cal Newport, and this is The Question, episode 219.
0:22.7	If you're new to this program, it's to show where I answer questions from my audience
0:28.2	about the theory and practice of living and working deeply in a increasingly distracted
0:34.1	world.
0:35.1	I'm here in my deep work HQ, joined by my producer, Jesse, I have a long list of news
0:42.5	items relevant to the show that I want to share, which makes me excited because this tells
0:47.3	me we're actually doing things that change is a foot.
0:51.7	It's nice to have several different things to share with our audience here that they
0:55.4	can be excited about.
0:56.4	Yeah, for sure.
0:58.2	Number one, we've long talked about doing a live event, some sort of live recording of
1:04.7	the Deep Questions podcast, and now we actually have an opportunity to do more or less that.
1:12.3	On Monday, November 14th, at 7 p.m., at the East City Bookshop, down by capital here
1:20.2	in Washington, D.C., I will be doing an event with my friend, the author, David Sachs.
1:27.3	You might know David because of his book, The Revenge of Analog.
1:31.9	That's something I talked about in depth in my book, Digital Minimalism.
1:36.1	David has a new book out called The Futures Analog.
1:38.8	He's doing a book event at East City Bookshop.
1:41.8	He asked if I would moderate the event.
1:43.5	So if I would interview him, essentially, at the bookshop, and I said yes, so this will
1:49.1	be essentially a live episode of the Deep Questions podcast.
1:52.2	It will be me, Jess, you'll be there.
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