My Honest Advice For Someone Who Wants Freedom & Productivity In 2025 | Cal Newport
Buy Cal Newport's latest book, “Slow Productivity” at www.calnewport.com/slow Cal Newport explains the Tao of Cal in Episode 329 of the Deep Questions podcast. We cover a lot advice on this podcast covering a lot of different topics. In today’s episode, Cal takes on the challenge of summarizing every big idea he promotes in less than five minutes. He then provides some theoretical connective tissue to explain how they all connect. This is followed by reader questions and a rant about “productivity.” Download my FREE Deep Life Guide HERE: https://bit.ly/3QBIcug Listen to Episode Here: https://www.thedeeplife.com/listen/ Get your questions answered by Cal! Here’s the link: https://bit.ly/3U3sTvo Links: Buy Cal’s latest book, “Slow Productivity” at www.calnewport.com/slow Get a signed copy of Cal’s “Slow Productivity” at https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/c... Cal’s monthly book directory: bramses.notion.site/059db2641def4a88988b4d2cee4657ba? https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/com... Thanks to our Sponsors: This show is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at https://www.betterhelp.com/deepquestions https://www.zocdoc.com/deep https://www.grammarly.com/podcast https://www.shopify.com/deep 0:00 The Tao of Cal 22:36 Why is timeblocking more demanding than using a weekly template? 27:31 Is moving to the country bad idea? 32:18 How can I consolidate my email accounts without being stressed out? 33:54 What’s the best approach to read for general knowledge? 40:52 How do I apply Slow Productivity without losing career capital? 43:36 Should I adjust my deep life lifestyle? 54:16 Cultivating the deep work muscle 1:03:37 “Productivity” Tracking Software [1:05:58] Connect with Cal Newport: 🔴Visit Cal's BLOG and website: https://calnewport.com/blog/ 🔴Check out Cal's books: https://calnewport.com/writing/ 🔴Check out The Deep Life: https://thedeeplife.com About Cal Newport: Cal Newport is a computer science professor at Georgetown University. In addition to his academic research, he writes about the intersection of digital technology and culture. Cal's particularly interested in our struggle to deploy these tools in ways that support instead of subvert the things we care about in both our personal and professional lives. Cal is a New York Times bestselling author of seven books, including, most recently, A World Without Email, Digital Minimalism, and Deep Work. He's also the creator of The Time-Block Planner. The videos are considered to be used under the "Fair Use Doctrine" of United States Copyright Law, Title 17 U.S. Code Sections 107-118. Videos are used for editorial and educational purposes only and I do not claim ownership of any original video content. I don't use said video clips in advertisements, marketing or for direct financial gain. All video content in each clip is considered owned by the individual broadcast companies. #CalNewport #DeepWork #DeepLife #DeepQuestions #TimeblockPlanner #WorldWithoutEmail #DeepQuestionsPodcast
