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Deep Questions with Cal Newport

Ep. 329: The Tao of Cal

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

Cal Newport

Education, Self-improvement, Technology

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2024

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

We cover a lot of advice on this podcast, covering a lot of different topics. In today’s episode, Cal takes on the challenge of summarizing every big idea he promotes in less than five minutes. He then provides some theoretical connective tissue to explain how they all connect. This is followed by reader questions and a rant about “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   Deep Dive: The Tao of Cal [2:53]    - Why is time blocking more demanding than using a weekly template? [25:04]  - Is moving to the country a bad idea? [29:54]  - How can I consolidate my email accounts without being stressed out? [34:47]  - What’s the best approach to read for general knowledge? [36:20]  - How do I apply Slow Productivity without losing career capital? [43:12]  - CALL: Should I adjust my deep life lifestyle? [45:58]    CASE STUDY: Cultivating the deep work muscle [56:38]     CAL REACTS (e.g., Rants): “Productivity” Tracking Software [1:05:58]    Links:  Buy Cal’s latest book, “Slow Productivity” at calnewport.com/slow Get a signed copy of Cal’s “Slow Productivity” at peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/cal-newport/ Cal’s monthly book directory: bramses.notion.site/059db2641def4a88988b4d2cee4657ba? reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/1gwg7rk/employee_monitoring_software_has_gone_off_the/?rdt=41693   Thanks to our Sponsors:    This show is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/deepquestions zocdoc.com/deep grammarly.com/podcast shopify.com/deep   Thanks to Jesse Miller for production, Jay Kerstens for the intro music, Kieron Rees for the slow productivity music, and Mark Miles for mastering.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

I'm Cal Newport, and this is Deep Questions, the show about cultivating a deep life

0:17.4

in a distracted world.

0:24.1

So I'm here in my Deep Work HQ.

0:26.6

Join this always by my producer, Jesse.

0:28.9

Jesse, we've got a good show coming up.

0:30.9

We got a challenge.

0:32.4

You'll hear about it soon, but we got a fun challenge.

0:36.2

I'm going to try to pull off in the deep dive.

0:37.9

It's got a rant coming up later in the final segment.

0:41.3

Stay tuned for that one.

0:43.8

Good announcement, book announcement.

0:45.8

I like having these book announcements about slow productivity.

0:48.4

My book, Slow Productivity.

0:50.1

What do we got?

0:51.0

Name to The Economist best books of 2024.

0:55.2

Oh, wow.

0:56.1

There we go.

0:56.7

These best of lists are coming.

0:58.5

We got the best books of 2024 for the economist, best books of 2024 for Amazon.

1:03.8

Goodreads has one of the nine most popular self-help books of 2024.

1:09.5

Showed up a couple other places as well.

1:11.3

My mom told me she saw it on the NPR list.

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