Help, Work Sucks | Cal Newport
10% Happier with Dan Harris
10% Media, LLC
4.6 • 12.9K Ratings
🗓️ 16 August 2021
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
A lot of us right now would probably agree that the technologies meant to make our jobs easier are actually stressing us out. (Think: the email and Slack messages that never stop and with which you can never catch up.) The worst part is the dopamine hit that you can get hooked on that comes with getting new information, causing you to check your messages way too often. And all of this has been exacerbated by working remotely. In this episode, our guest Cal Newport says that these technologies have created what he calls "the hyperactive hive mind," and he has a ton of thoughts about how to stop it. He's a computer science professor at Georgetown University and a New York Times bestselling author of seven books, including A World Without Email, Digital Minimalism, and Deep Work. He's also the host of the popular Deep Questions podcast. In this conversation, we talk about how to minimize the impact of the hyperactive hive mind, how the way we work is fundamentally broken, how we ended up in our current work situation where we're checking email and Slack all the time, and what this does to our brain. Download the Ten Percent Happier app today: https://10percenthappier.app.link/install Full Shownotes: https://www.tenpercent.com/podcast-episode/cal-newport-371
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| 0:00.0 | Before we get started with today's episode, if you've been around TPH land for any |
| 0:05.4 | length of time, you've probably heard me name drop Joseph Goldstein. |
| 0:10.1 | He started out as my meditation teacher then became my friend and then we teamed up to |
| 0:15.9 | help start the 10% happier meditation app. |
| 0:19.6 | And I just wanted to remind you that there is a ton of content featuring Joseph and his |
| 0:26.2 | humor and wisdom over on the app where he's the lead teacher on six different courses. |
| 0:31.4 | I'd recommend you start with the basics, which features your truly and Joseph talking |
| 0:37.1 | about how to achieve perfect in perturbability and bulletproof bliss. |
| 0:41.5 | Actually, just kidding. |
| 0:43.5 | It's just about how to get 10% happier through basic meditation. |
| 0:47.3 | It's free. |
| 0:48.3 | If you want to check it out, I encourage you to do so. |
| 0:51.4 | Download the 10% happier app today wherever you get your apps now on with the show. |
| 0:56.8 | Well done. |
| 1:01.2 | You've sorted through the embarrassment of riches that is the modern podcast landscape |
| 1:06.8 | and found me Rob Briden on my podcast. |
| 1:10.9 | In this series of Briden and I talk to among others, Harry Hill, Ben Elton, Charlotte |
| 1:17.3 | Church, Steve Cougan and Dame Harriet Walter. |
| 1:21.0 | And that's just a few. |
| 1:22.8 | We tend to chat for about 45 minutes to an hour never longer. |
| 1:26.8 | It's terrific conversation, reminiscent, sweat appropriate and exchange of anecdotes. |
| 1:32.9 | So do join me Rob Briden wherever you get your podcasts. |
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