Am I Lazy or Overstimulated? | Monday Advice

The Cal Newport Show · Jun 22, 2026 · 55m

Cal Newport explains about if you're lazy or overstimulated in episode 410 of the Deep Questions podcast.

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(0:00) Am I lazy or overstimulated?

(28:29) A reaction to Cal’s recent New Yorker article

(38:23) Positive lessons from box offices successes of Gen Z films

(46:24) An old school tool for a woodshed

(47:32) A new solution to landlining

(49:30) What Cal is reading

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