Ep. 260: Make Haste Slowly

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

Cal Newport

Education, Self-improvement, Technology

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2023

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

One of the most popular (and widely forgotten) slogans of the ancient world was Festina Lente, or, “Make Haste Slowly.” In this episode, Cal looks deeper at what this phrase meant, and in doing so uncovers an ancient version of slow productivity. Below are the questions covered in today's episode (with their timestamps). Get your questions answered by Cal! Here’s the link: bit.ly/3U3sTvo Video from today’s episode: youtube.com/calnewportmedia Today’s Deep Question: What can Octavian Caesar Augustus teach us about productivity? [5:37] - How can I help my team move fast to slow productivity? [26:12] - How do I figure out how long to spend on a task? [33:08] - What’s up with Cal’s podcast album art? [38:14] - Why is my partner so slow? [40:49] - How does Cal’s Remarkable tablet change his working memory.txt habit? [46:23] CASE STUDY: Not allowing work to dominate your life [53:28] The 5 Book Cal Read in July 2023 [1:03:21] Links: bigthink.com/the-learning-curve/festina-lente/ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festina_lente Thanks to our Sponsors: zocdoc.com/deep hensonshaving.com/cal mybodytutor.com blinkist.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 Deep Questions.
0:14.7	The show about living and working deeply in a distracted world.
0:20.9	I'm here up in the Deep Work HQ North and Hanover, New Hampshire.
0:25.9	I am joined, as always, by my producer Jesse's holding down the fort down in the
0:29.9	Deep Work HQ South and Tacoma Park, Maryland.
0:33.8	Jesse, it hit the forties last night, temperature-wise.
0:38.4	I'm assuming something similar has not happened down there in DC.
0:44.1	Forties, that's good sleeping weather.
0:45.6	Oh, yeah, open the windows, enjoy the cool, dry air.
0:49.8	I think we're down to, if I'm doing the math right,
0:53.8	two episodes, including this one,
0:56.5	filmed up here at the HQ North.
0:58.0	And then back to my beloved normal Tacoma Park original HQ studio.
1:02.8	I think it's this studio, this episode, next week's episode.
1:07.2	And then we are back in action in person, back at the Batcave.
1:12.3	So I am looking forward to that.
1:14.4	I do have an exciting bit of news to share, Jesse.
1:18.2	So I received recently in the mail an advanced copy of the second version
1:25.7	of my time block planner.
1:28.5	What I was doing is what I ran out of my pages
1:32.1	and my existing planner when I got up here a month or so ago.
1:34.4	My plan was I knew this new one was coming.
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