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EPISODE INFO
- Released
- October 14, 2024
- Duration
- 1h 15m
- Channel
- Cal Newport
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION
Cal Newport talks about the Discipline Ladder in episode 322 of the Deep Questions podcast. Buy Cal’s latest book, “Slow Productivity” at www.calnewport.com/slow Do you struggle to consistently make progress on hard things that are important to you? In today’s episode, Cal describes a way to improve this state of affairs: a systematic training regime called the discipline ladder. He then answers listener questions about their own struggles with discipline and reacts to an article claiming that professors are lazy (gasp!). 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 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? https://www.city-journal.org/article/professor-mia https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-inquiry/what-kind-of-writer-is-chatgpt Thanks to our Sponsors: https://www.mybodytutor.com https://www.expressvpn.com/deep https://www.rhone.com/cal https://www.cozyearth.com/deep Thanks to Jesse Miller for production, Jay Kerstens for the intro music, Kieron Rees for the slow productivity music, and Mark Miles for mastering. 0:00 The Discipline Ladder 20:39 How can I overcome procrastination? 23:13 How can I make my daily metrics more personal? 28:47 How can I get my discipline back on track after a negative event? 35:51 How can I be more disciplined to find time for my part-time project? 39:49 How can my organization adopt slow productivity principles? 46:39 Process centered emails 54:08 Leveraging Career Capital 1:03:25 Are Professor’s Lazy? 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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EPISODE SUMMARY
In this episode of Cal Newport, featuring Cal Newport, How To Trick Your Brain To Like Doing Hard Things | Cal Newport explores Build discipline capacity by laddering up from small, repeatable commitments Cal Newport defines discipline as the ability to do something hard and important even when you don’t feel like it, and argues it’s a capacity that varies rather than a fixed trait.
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