Deep Questions with Cal Newport

By Cal Newport

Ep. 303: The Problem with Grand Goals

🔊 Play episode (1.6 hours)

Direct episode link

đź’¬ Share episode

Published June 03, 2024 6:00am

The desire to cultivate a more intentional and remarkable existence – what we call “the deep life” – is universal. In today’s episode, Cal talks about one of the most common traps in this pursuit: hoping that the achievement of a singular grand goal will make all parts of your life better. Cal discusses the problems with the grand goal approach and argues why the more systematic lifestyle-centric mindset will not only produce better results, but end up leading to remarkable opportunities anyway. He then takes questions and calls from readers and reviews the five books he read in May.

<br...

Return to podcast