Ep. 173: What is Deep Work?

The Cal Newport Show · Feb 14, 2022 · 1h 8m

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]

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