

What are Cal’s thoughts on the book “Designing Your Life”? Is there a genetic component to depth? How do I co-create a deep life with my partner? Is the deep life only available to those with high salaries? Today’s Deep Question: How do I rebuild my life into something deeper? How do you leave a life of superficial distraction and cultivate something deeper? In today’s episode, Cal describes “The Deep Life Stack,” an approach to cultivating a deep life that starts with overhauling the person before making the big decisions. Scroll.in/article/1030173/how-japan-became-an-exemplar-of-sustainability-over-centuries-of-self-isolation SOMETHING INTERESTING: Slow Time During Japan’s Edo Period How do I create a deep life with kids? Am I crazy for thinking I can work from home with a baby?

Am I too old to leave a career that fills me with dread? How do I find the time to land a job that requires less time? Is it possible for a mom to succeed in academia? Is the deep life only available to people with high salaries? Cal and Laura tackle a collection of your questions about the struggle to make time for the various things that matter most, from your career to your family to your hobbies. In this episode, Cal is joined by Laura Vanderkam (author of Tranquility by Tuesday and co-host of the Best of Both Worlds podcast). How does Cal read 5 books a month? ĬASE STUDY: I can do my job in 4 hours a day How can I slowly build the success needed to pivot into a new career? How do you know if an idea is good enough to spend years working on? How can a teacher embrace slow productivity? Today’s Deep Question: Why should I do less?
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In this episode, Cal defines some concrete laws for successfully implementing a shift toward doing less – but doing what you do better – in your own professional life. No one remembers that it took Newton decades to finish The Principia, they just know that he wrote a book that changed science forever. Some of the most interesting and impactful people in the world build their work around a commitment to doing only a few things very well. Thanks to Jesse Miller for production, Jay Kerstens for the intro music, and Mark Miles for mastering. tv/tv-features/taylor-sheridan-yellowstone-interview-1235519261/ Something Interesting: Taylor Sheridan’s “writing bunker”

How do I find time to think in my busy job? How do I build task boards if I have many roles? How did Cal become good at breaking things down into systems and processes?
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How do I teach leaders how to work more deeply? What should I ask a potential hire about their time management habits? Today’s Deep Question: Why doesn’t cybernetic productivity work? Video from today’s episode: /calnewportmedia Get your questions answered by Cal! Here’s the link: bit.ly/3U3sTvo He explores why speeding up isn’t working and what this teaches us about what we need to do instead.īelow are the questions covered in today's episode (with their timestamps).

As cal argues in this episode, this “cybernetic” approach has proven to be a complete failure. Over the past twenty years, “productivity” has come to be synonymous with using digital tools to speed up non-essential parts of knowledge work.
