Deep Questions with Cal Newport

Ep. 158: LISTENER CALLS: The Story of My First Book Deal

Dec 23, 2021

01:00:45

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Is There an Aspirational Response?

02:11

The Craft Bucket - Deep Work

01:59

The Greatest Inventor of All Time

02:04

Introduction

2min

The Hq Is a Winter Wonderland

2min

The Serbian Scientist - Nicola Tesla

2min

The Greatest Inventor of All Time

2min

The Gap Between General Purpose Writing and Academic Writing

6min

How Did You Get Started in Non Fiction Book Writing?

4min

The Secret of Writing a Novel - Forget What Everyone Tells You

2min

Slash Deep to Fuel Your Productivity and Creeactivity With Delicious Mushroom Coffee

4min

The Deep Life, the Philosophy That Includes the Buckets, and Deep Work

4min

10.

How to Build a Deep Life

3min

11.

Sili a Doing Before Is Getting Too Cute With the Structure

2min

12.

Is There an Aspirational Response?

2min

13.

Working Within the Constraints of the Genre

3min

14.

The Deep Life - The Hard Part

5min

15.

The Craft Bucket - Deep Work

2min

16.

Are You a Content and Content Creator?

3min

17.

How Do You Make Money Off of Your Videos?

2min

18.

Is It Really Opening Up More Income Making Opportunities Than You Think

2min

19.

The Most Effective Way to Study for the GMAT

2min

20.

How to Prepare for a Standardized Test?

2min

21.

How Do You Answer Brain Storming Questions Coders?

5min

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

LISTENER CALLS:

- Was Tesla the ultimate deep thinker? [4:01]
- Writing for academic audiences (bonus: the story of my first book deal). [7:03]
- The difference between deep work and the deep life buckets (bonus: Jesse and I discuss the latest progress on my new book). [19:05]
- Do YouTubers have a terrible job? [45:06]
- Preparing for the GMAT and job interviews. [52:18]

Thanks to Jesse Miller for production, Jay Kerstens for the intro music, and Mark Miles for mastering.