AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
4min chapter
Ep. 235: Is Productivity Overrated?
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
Academic Writing Is Not the Right Verb
Cal Newport: When quantity is what matters, then you really begin to sort out who is going to be able to excel based in large part on available time. He says the most successful grad student I know was basically stuck here and just work 12 hours a day every day except for three hours on the weekend on Sundays for exercise. "I think this is an interesting case study of the issues with completely melding more tactical, quantitative notions of productivity," he says.
00:00
Transcript
Episode notes
Get the Snipd
podcast app
Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
AI-powered
Discover
highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode
Save any
moment
Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways
Share
& Export
Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more
AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
Discover
highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode