How To Not Waste Your Time - 5 Keys To Master Productivity & Reinvent Your Life | Cal Newport

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August 5, 2024

Duration

1h 33m

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Cal Newport

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Cal Newport talks about productivity basics in episode 312 of the Deep Questions podcast. Buy Cal’s latest book, “Slow Productivity” at www.calnewport.com/slow It’s mid-summer, people have some extra breathing room in their schedule, they’re relaxed. This moment of quiet seems like a perfect time to revisit some of this show’s most popular ideas about finding productivity in a world drowning in digital distractions. In this episode, Cal reviews his five most effective productivity related ideas. He then answers reader questions and reviews the seven (!) books he read in July, 2024. Below are the questions covered in today's episode (with their timestamps). Get your questions answered by Cal! Here’s the link: https://bit.ly/3U3sTvo Video from today’s episode: youtube.com/calnewportmedia Links: Buy Cal’s latest book, “Slow Productivity” at www.calnewport.com/slow Get a signed copy of Cal’s “Slow Productivity” at https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/cal-newport/ Cal’s monthly book directory: bramses.notion.site/059db2641def4a88988b4d2cee4657ba? Thanks to our Sponsors: This show is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at https://www.betterhelp.com/deepquestions https://www.zocdoc.com/deep https://www.expressvpn.com/deep https://www.drinklmnt.com/deep Download my FREE Deep Life Guide HERE: https://bit.ly/3QBIcug Listen to Episode Here: https://www.thedeeplife.com/listen/ Get your questions answered by Cal! Here’s the link: https://bit.ly/3U3sTvo 0:00 Productivity Basics 44:12 How closely should I schedule my leisure activities? 49:43 How do I time block a day that lasts longer than 11 hours? 56:41 Can I save mental energy at work to be more alive outside of work? 1:02:22 How do I actually motivate myself to execute the work I planned? 1:08:02 Am I obsessing over the right things for promotion? 1:13:24 Dealing with AI driven calendars 1:23:48 The 7 Books Cal Read in July, 2024 Connect with Cal Newport: 🔴Visit Cal's BLOG and website: https://calnewport.com/blog/ 🔴Check out Cal's books: https://calnewport.com/writing/ 🔴Check out The Deep Life: https://thedeeplife.com About Cal Newport: Cal Newport is a computer science professor at Georgetown University. In addition to his academic research, he writes about the intersection of digital technology and culture. Cal's particularly interested in our struggle to deploy these tools in ways that support instead of subvert the things we care about in both our personal and professional lives. Cal is a New York Times bestselling author of seven books, including, most recently, A World Without Email, Digital Minimalism, and Deep Work. He's also the creator of The Time-Block Planner. The videos are considered to be used under the "Fair Use Doctrine" of United States Copyright Law, Title 17 U.S. Code Sections 107-118. Videos are used for editorial and educational purposes only and I do not claim ownership of any original video content. I don't use said video clips in advertisements, marketing or for direct financial gain. All video content in each clip is considered owned by the individual broadcast companies. #CalNewport #DeepWork #DeepLife #DeepQuestions #TimeblockPlanner #WorldWithoutEmail #DeepQuestionsPodcast

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• Cal Newport

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  Productivity author and computer science professor, known for books including "Deep Work" and "Slow Productivity."

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Cal Newport, featuring Cal Newport, How To Not Waste Your Time - 5 Keys To Master Productivity & Reinvent Your Life | Cal Newport explores Cal Newport’s five-principle system for sustainable productivity in distraction Cal Newport defines personal productivity as gaining control over time and attention while separating results from exhaustion, contrasting this with pseudo-productivity and cultural critiques of optimization.

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