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Cal NewportWhen Life Gets Hard: 12 Stoic Lessons To Change Your Life Before 2024 | Cal Newport
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- Released
- October 2, 2023
- Duration
- 1h 16m
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- Cal Newport
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Stoicism seems to be all the rage at the moment. In what ways is it relevant to our question to live deeply in a distracted world? And in what ways is it not? Cal takes a closer look at Meditations by Marcus Aurelius and discusses his relationship with the philosophy more generally. Subscribe to Cal's newsletter here: http://www.calnewport.com/ideas 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 Listen to Episode Here: https://www.thedeeplife.com/listen/ Thanks to our Sponsors: https://www.grammarly.com/podcast https://www.policygenius.com https://www.blinkist.com/deep https://www.expressvpn.com/deep 0:00 The Ideas from Marcus Aurelius’s, “Meditations” 33:16 Can I realistically make an impact as an English teacher? 38:02 Can a seasoned professional screenwriter switch careers after 23 years? 43:32 I’m an accomplished professional but lack a competitive drive to do more. Is there a way to build this? 52:42 How can a CEO lower his anxiety with elements of work that aren’t strengths? 1:00:53 How can I bounce back from a deflating work setback? 1:09:02 The 5 Books Cal Read in September 2023 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, When Life Gets Hard: 12 Stoic Lessons To Change Your Life Before 2024 | Cal Newport explores Cal Newport applies Meditations to distraction, purpose, and work setbacks Cal Newport walks through 12 ideas from Marcus Aurelius’s Meditations—one from each book—highlighting psychological themes that connect Stoicism to building a “deep life” in a distracted world.
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