Ep. 71: How Do We Escape the Autonomy Trap?

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

Cal Newport

Education, Self-improvement, Technology

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🗓️ 15 February 2021

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Below are the questions covered in today's episode (with their timestamps). For instructions on submitting your own questions, go to calnewport.com/podcast.DEEP DIVE: The Autonomy Trap [7:25]WORK QUESTIONS - How do I focus when working on a distracting computer? [19:58] - How do you maintain energy while increasing deep work? [23:34] - Can the pomodoro technique help achieve deep work? [29:00] - How can I time block when working with two kids in a small apartment? [31:29] - Have I thought about updating my student books? [38:!7]TECHNOLOGY QUESTIONS - Are project management tools like Basecamp just a fancier version oof email? [42:26] - How can I integrate OmniFocus into daily, weekly, quarterly planned work schedules? [46:38] - What about the social costs of missing invitations because you're not on social media? [55:09]DEEP LIFE QUESTIONS - How do I organize my life as a newly published author? [1:01:10] - How do I balance rigor and accessibility in my non-fiction writing? [1:07:52] - How young is too young for getting kids started on the deep life? [1:14:08]Thanks to Jay Kerstens for the intro music. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Cal Newport, and this is DeepQuestions, episode 71.
0:21.6	So let's start with an opening observation.
0:25.5	Now I was in the library of my DeepWork HQ, which is just down the hall here from the studio
0:32.4	in which I record this podcast, and I was working on the script for this show before
0:36.7	I started recording.
0:38.4	Now my library overlooks the back patio of this restaurant, Republic, which I like here
0:44.6	in Tacoma Park.
0:46.6	You know, I should probably see if they could be interested in sponsoring me.
0:49.6	I'm just thinking about that.
0:50.6	That would be great.
0:51.6	Maybe they're bar from my window, so we could literally have like a pulley system where
0:56.7	they could put, I don't know, oysters or drinks or something into a bucket, and I could
1:00.7	pull it up.
1:01.7	So, okay, first of all, I'm going to get on that, but in the meantime, here's my question.
1:06.5	They play music out there, which I hear quite loudly in my library, which is always fun.
1:12.1	They were playing right before I came in, Shania Twain's, You're the One I Want.
1:18.0	My question is, are they not writing new music?
1:22.7	I remember the song from, God, it must have been like my junior prom, right?
1:27.8	So why is it that there's some songs that were popular when I was a kid that still seem
1:32.6	to dominate, just random playlists today?
1:35.2	I don't know.
1:36.2	That dynamic must be interesting.
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