Ep. 173: What is Deep Work?

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

Below are the questions covered in today's episode (with their timestamps). For instructions on submitting your own questions, go to calnewport.com/podcast.

Video from today’s episode:  tinyurl.com/b2rkctfj

CORE IDEA:  Deep Work [5:10]


DEEP WORK QUESTIONS:

- How much should I care about promoting my work? [28:07]
- When do you write your weekly plan? [33:22]
- What does Cal think about digital notebooks? [34:00]
- Why is everyone so bad at email? [36:45]
- What is Cal’s advice for a distracted high school student? [40:02]


DEEP LIFE QUESTIONS:

- Does disconnection improve creativity? [50:57]
- How do I teach my kids to focus? [57:52]
- How do I get my students off their phones? [1:02:20]
- What does Cal think about the book “Four-Thousand Weeks”? [1:05:21]


Thanks to our Sponsors:

My Body Tutor:  MyBodyTutor.com: Mention “Deep Questions” for $50 off 1st month
Athletic Greens:  Athleticgreens.com/deep
Stamps.com:  Stamps.com - Use promo code “Deep”
Grammarly:  Grammarly.com/Deep


Thanks to Jesse Miller for production, Jay Kerstens for the intro music, and Mark Miles for mastering.

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Below are the questions covered in today's episode (with their timestamps). For instructions on submitting your own questions, go to calnewport.com/podcast.

Video from today’s episode:  tinyurl.com/b2rkctfj

CORE IDEA:  Deep Work [5:10]


DEEP WORK QUESTIONS:

- How much should I care about promoting my work? [28:07]
- When do you write your weekly plan? [33:22]
- What does Cal think about digital notebooks? [34:00]
- Why is everyone so bad at email? [36:45]
- What is Cal’s advice for a distracted high school student? [40:02]


DEEP LIFE QUESTIONS:

- Does disconnection improve creativity? [50:57]
- How do I teach my kids to focus? [57:52]
- How do I get my students off their phones? [1:02:20]
- What does Cal think about the book “Four-Thousand Weeks”? [1:05:21]


Thanks to our Sponsors:

My Body Tutor:  MyBodyTutor.com: Mention “Deep Questions” for $50 off 1st month
Athletic Greens:  Athleticgreens.com/deep
Stamps.com:  Stamps.com - Use promo code “Deep”
Grammarly:  Grammarly.com/Deep


Thanks to Jesse Miller for production, Jay Kerstens for the intro music, and Mark Miles for mastering.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2022-02-14 68 min
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