Deep Questions with Cal Newport

By Cal Newport

Ep. 59: Why Be Productive?

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Published January 04, 2021 1:00pm

Below are the questions covered in today's episode (with their timestamps). For instructions on submitting your own questions, go to calnewport.com/podcast.

WORK QUESTIONS

- Preparing for deep work. [6:41]

- Keeping on top of everything when you have many roles. [12:32]

- Is it possible to time block without a clock? [18:25]

- Overcoming graduate student procrastination. [24:18]

- Predictable schedules with unpredictable children at home. [29:36]

TECHNOLOGY QUESTIONS

- Scheduling asynchronous classes. [34:49]

- Plain text productivity using Markdown. [36:57]

- Long Term storage of promising ideas. [49:59]<...

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