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Deep Questions with Cal Newport

Ep. 70: Habit Tune-Up: Getting Things Done During a Terrible, Isolating Pandemic

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

Cal Newport

Education, Self-improvement, Technology

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Below are the topics covered in today's mini-episode (with timestamps). For instructions on submitting your own questions, go to calnewport.com/podcast. - Timing productive meditation. [6:32] - Extracting wisdom from past plans. [14:00] - Writing a thesis as a side project. [22:44] - Adapting college advice to high school students (plus: a bonus digression on my experience writing books in academia). [30:00] - Getting things done during an isolating pandemic. [36:30]Thanks to listener Jay Kerstens for the intro music. 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 a deep question, have it tune up, mini episode.

0:21.5

The format of these mini episodes is straightforward.

0:24.9

I answer voice questions from my listeners about how to tune up their productivity habits.

0:33.3

If you want to find out how to submit your own questions, go to calnewport.com-podcast.

0:40.9

Quick announcements.

0:42.5

I am finally able to release the details of the pre-order campaign for my upcoming book,

0:48.6

A World Without Email.

0:50.8

I have been talking about this book now for several weeks.

0:53.9

I'm very excited about it.

0:55.4

If you like this podcast, you will love this book.

1:00.8

Now, here's the thing about book launches pre-orders.

1:04.1

That is ordering the book before it comes out makes a really big difference.

1:09.2

Regardless of the format you ordered, and it really helps with things like

1:13.4

the first week sales numbers, which impact the best sellers list.

1:17.6

It impacts how many books, Amazon orders, it's important.

1:22.6

So if you are thinking about buying this book anyways, I would be very grateful if you

1:27.4

would consider pre-ordering it, so to help thank you for pre-ordering, typically authors

1:32.3

will have some sort of bonus or incentive, and I'm doing the same, but I really thought

1:37.5

what could I do?

1:39.9

What could I do that would be beyond the typical somewhat banal author pre-order bonus,

1:45.7

and I came up with this idea of the email academy.

1:50.4

So if you pre-order a world without email before March 2nd, when it comes out here in

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