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Cal NewportThe Cure To A Mediocre Life: 3 Unexpected Ideas To Reinvent Your Life | Cal Newport
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- Released
- October 9, 2023
- Duration
- 1h 12m
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- Cal Newport
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION
Cal Newport talks about 3 unexpected ideas to reinvent your life in Episode 269 of the Deep Questions podcast. Subscribe to Cal's newsletter here: http://www.calnewport.com/ideas After an episode in which Cal reviewed ancient wisdom on cultivating a deeper life he turns his attention back to more recent advice. Focusing on three of the more unconventional but unambiguously effective ideas that he has proposed in his twenty years of professional writing on these topics. Get your questions answered by Cal! Here’s the link: https://bit.ly/3U3sTvo Listen to Episode Here: https://www.thedeeplife.com/listen/ Links: https://calnewport.com/dangerous-ideas-getting-started-is-overrated/ https://calnewport.com/treat-your-mind-as-you-would-a-private-garden/ https://calnewport.com/should-you-work-like-maya-angelou-or-eric-schmidt/ https://calnewport.com/on-tire-pressure-and-productivity/ Thanks to our Sponsors: https://www.moshlife.com/deep https://www.zocdoc.com/deep https://www.hensonshaving.com/cal https://www.mybodytutor.com 0:00 Getting started is overrated 30:31 How can I become more confident in social settings? 35:09 Is it ok to be an ordinary person? 41:00 Is it important to have friends? 43:57 I took a pay cut to become a teacher again. How can I better organize my life to prioritize craft? 51:44 Is it ok to use YouTube to discover new ideas? 59:19 Is Productivity Natural? 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, The Cure To A Mediocre Life: 3 Unexpected Ideas To Reinvent Your Life | Cal Newport explores Three contrarian principles for escaping shallow living and building depth Cal Newport presents three contrarian ideas from his writing—“getting started is overrated,” “treat your mind as a private garden,” and “think like an artist, but work like an accountant”—as effective ways to move from shallow living to a deeper life.
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