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Cal Newport: Recording on garage band podcasting is like riding a bike. I was actually pretty impressed that I remembered how to do most of the stuff that happens on the computer screen. It's not overly complicated, but there are steps that I would... There's nothing that's either not yet written or written still in a rough draft. So I finalized the conclusion.

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DEEP DIVE: How well are you living? [11:14]

- How do you track deep life habits? [28:07]
- How do I become more social? (Bonus: How does Cal avoid being killed by Jocko?) [34:15]
- How do I distill essential ideas from complex topics? [46:13]
- How does Cal research his articles? [53:49]
- Should I get a Deep Life tattoo? [59:41]

THREE INTERESTING THINGS:

- Guillermo Del Toro Bought a Second House to Boost his Creativity [1:13:33]
kpcc.org/show/the-frame/2016-07-22/bleak-house-a-tour-inside-guillermo-del-toros-creative-man-cave

- Kary Mullis’s Nobel-Winning Moment of Insight [1:19:56]
nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1993/mullis/lecture/

- Charles Dickens Wrote “A Christmas Carol” on Foot [1:22:38]

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