Ep. 331: Money and the Deep Life

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

Cal Newport

Education, Self-improvement, Technology

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2024

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

One of the most important but often overlooked elements of cultivating a deep life is the role of money. In this episode, Cal takes a contrarian look at this topic, arguing that the monetary cost of your vision is not actually the most important metric. He then answers listener questions and reacts to an article that many people sent him this past week. 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: Money and the Deep Life [3:17] - How can I tame my wandering mind when reading? [23:34] - How should I schedule time blocks as a real estate agent? [27:21] - How can I improve my quarterly planning? [32:33] - How can I balance intense motivation with finding inner peace? [38:29] - How can a jobseeker demonstrate actual productivity? [45:37] - CALL: Trying to do more with a newborn [53:34] CASE STUDY: A 39-year-old juggling school and work [1:00:18] CAL REACTS: ‘Brain Rot’ [1:12:51] 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? corp.oup.com/news/brain-rot-named-oxford-word-of-the-year-2024/ youtu.be/mHU_K1o3B-4?si=Tsk1GEgzrhlCiaGw Thanks to our Sponsors: mintmobile.com/deep shopify.com/deep expressvpn.com/deep policygenius.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

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0:00.0	I'm Cal Newport, and this is Deep Questions, the show about cultivating a deep life in a distracted world.
0:22.9	So I'm here in my Deep Work HQ joined once again by my producer, Jesse.
0:30.6	We missed you last week, Jesse.
0:32.1	It's good to be back.
0:33.1	Yep.
0:33.5	We got the old gang back together.
0:35.7	We got a good show.
0:36.5	I'm going to talk about money, which we don't do that often. We got some good questions. We got the old gang back together. We got a good show. I'm going to talk about money,
0:42.5	which we don't do that often. We got some good questions. We got calls. We got case studies.
0:48.0	And I'm reacting to something cool from the internet in the final segment. A few quick pieces of housekeeping. First, as has become my habit during this end of year period, I like to update you on the latest things that my book, Slow Productivity, the Lost Heart of Accompliance Without Burnout, has won recently.
1:01.7	So since our last episode, it was named to the best books of the year list at The Spectator and the Globe and Mail.
1:09.6	It also was selected as one of the best business books of 2024 in the Portchlight Business Book Awards,
1:16.5	and the non-obvious book awards named it as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of the year.
1:23.6	So, Acolegs continue.
1:24.9	This gave me an idea.
1:26.9	We talk a lot at this time of year about, of course, Christmas gifts, but I'm going to introduce a new idea, the idea of New Year's gifts. Gifts you buy for yourself or other people in the new year that you think will be helpful for any sort of self-improvement project that you might take on in the new year.
1:48.0	Well, why don't we consider giving a signed copy of slow productivity to yourself or to someone that you think would be interesting in it?
1:56.1	As a new year gift, you can buy copies signed by me at people's book Tacoma.com. That's People's Book,
2:04.1	T-A-K-O-M-A-T-O-M-A-K dot com. That is the store down the street from the H-Q and the exclusive
2:11.4	place where I sell sign copies. By the time this episode plays, it'll be way too late for you to get a
2:16.9	signed copy for Christmas. The new year, no problem. So if you want to check out this book or get a signed
2:21.8	copy for your collection, check that out. I also want to pass along a shout out to Jerry
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