DEEP QUESTIONS

Ep. 173: What is Deep Work?

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]

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

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