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]

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

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: https://tinyurl.com/b2rkctfj

CORE IDEA:

– Deep Work [5:00]

DEEP WORK QUESTIONS

– How much should I care about promoting my work? [28:11]
– When do you write your weekly plan? [33:21]
– 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? [40:00]

DEEP LIFE QUESTIONS

– Does disconnection improve creativity? [50:53]
– How do I teach my kids to focus? [57:53]
– How do I get my students off their phones? [1:02:22]
– What does Cal think about the book “Four-Thousand Weeks”? [1:05:25]