Deep Questions with Cal Newport

By Cal Newport

Ep. 61: How Should I Tackle Big Projects?

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Published January 11, 2021 6:00am

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

Deep Dive: Executing Big Projects [10:18]

WORK QUESTIONS

 - Is pairing a problem for programmers? [20:21]

 - When do you review past time block schedules? [25:46]

 - How do I force myself to execute my plans? [29:48]

 - How do you figure out what projects to pursue? [36:38]

 - Should you take personality traits into mind when choosing a job? [41:39]

 - Organizing rapidly expanding research rabbit holes. [47:27]

 - How do...

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