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How To Reinvent Your Life In 4 Months (My Full Step-By-Step Process) | Cal Newport

Download my FREE Deep Life Guide HERE: https://bit.ly/3QBIcug Cal Newport talks about overhauling your life in Episode 263 of the Deep Questions podcast. Too many people believe that the New Year is the right time to undertake major improvements to your life. In this episode, Cal argues that it is instead right now, at the beginning of fall, that is the best time to turn over a new page. He lays out a detailed 4-month journey through the deep stack that will have you done with a major overhaul by the time everyone else is just getting started early next year. Get your questions answered by Cal! Here’s the link: https://bit.ly/3U3sTvo Listen to Episode Here: https://www.thedeeplife.com/listen/ Thanks to our Sponsors: https://www.mybodytutor.com https://www.policygenius.com https://www.shopify.com/deep https://www.cozyearth.com 0:00 How can I reinvent my life in 4 months? 32:40 Cal talks about Cozy Earth and Shopify 37:28 How can I ease into Cal's more advanced time management strategies? 40:59 Can unstructured work be a part of the deep life? 45:12 How can I stop changing my mind about what I want to do with my life? 53:02 Can I pursue the deep life if I need a job? 57:23 How do you pursue the deep life with depression? 1:03:25 Cal talks about My Body Tutor and Policy Genius 1:06:49 Cover Reveal for Slow Productivity 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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August 28, 2023
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Cal Newport
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Download my FREE Deep Life Guide HERE: https://bit.ly/3QBIcug Cal Newport talks about overhauling your life in Episode 263 of the Deep Questions podcast. Too many people believe that the New Year is the right time to undertake major improvements to your life. In this episode, Cal argues that it is instead right now, at the beginning of fall, that is the best time to turn over a new page. He lays out a detailed 4-month journey through the deep stack that will have you done with a major overhaul by the time everyone else is just getting started early next year. Get your questions answered by Cal! Here’s the link: https://bit.ly/3U3sTvo Listen to Episode Here: https://www.thedeeplife.com/listen/ Thanks to our Sponsors: https://www.mybodytutor.com https://www.policygenius.com https://www.shopify.com/deep https://www.cozyearth.com 0:00 How can I reinvent my life in 4 months? 32:40 Cal talks about Cozy Earth and Shopify 37:28 How can I ease into Cal's more advanced time management strategies? 40:59 Can unstructured work be a part of the deep life? 45:12 How can I stop changing my mind about what I want to do with my life? 53:02 Can I pursue the deep life if I need a job? 57:23 How do you pursue the deep life with depression? 1:03:25 Cal talks about My Body Tutor and Policy Genius 1:06:49 Cover Reveal for Slow Productivity 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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    Computer science professor and author known for productivity and deep work topics (e.g., So Good They Can't Ignore You, How to Win at College, Slow Productivity).

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Cal Newport, featuring Cal Newport, How To Reinvent Your Life In 4 Months (My Full Step-By-Step Process) | Cal Newport explores cal Newport's Four-Month Deep Life Stack Plan for Reinventing Your Life Cal Newport proposes starting a reinvention in September so it finishes by New Year's, moving through the discipline, values, control and vision layers of the Deep Life Stack.

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