Deep Questions with Cal Newport

Ep. 97: Should I Outsource My Inbox?

May 17, 2021

01:03:03

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What Is Your Favorite Neil Postman Book?

04:13

The Battle You Need to Be Fighting Now Is Not a Battle of How Do I Change This Process?

01:44

The Eighty Twenty Rule for Cultivating a Deep Life

03:03

Introduction

2min

Deep Work and the Deep Life Podcast

2min

Blinkest - The Source of Ideas

2min

Blinkus Dot Com Slash Deep - How Can I Get Others on Board?

3min

The Battle You Need to Be Fighting Now Is Not a Battle of How Do I Change This Process?

2min

Meeting Overload - Is It a Hyperactive Hybrid?

2min

The Pandemic of Meetings and Remote Work

2min

Using a Shared Calendar to Schedule Meetings

2min

What's the Right Ratio of Deep to Shallow Work?

2min

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How to Get the Most Out of Deep Work Sessions

2min

11.

Deepork Mine Set Rituals - Is It a Good Idea?

2min

12.

How to Change Your Environment and Work Remotely

2min

13.

When Is It Time to Hire an Executive Assistant?

2min

14.

How to Reduce Unscheduled Messages

2min

15.

How Can Indi Authors Best Use Social Media to Market Their Books?

5min

16.

Seeding a Book - Is It Worth It?

3min

17.

How to Seed Your Own Books?

2min

18.

Time Block Planning - How to Trim Your Mind to Stop This From Happening

3min

19.

Grammarl Premium Review

2min

20.

The Best Selling Mushroom Coffee Bundles

2min

21.

The Deep Life - Is Your Next Book Going to Be About the Deep Life?

1min

22.

The Deep Life and the Pandemic

2min

23.

How to Maintain a Reserve of Energy Beyond Work

1min

24.

Time Block Planning - Is It a Motivation Issue?

3min

25.

Heschel - What Do You Find Valuable in the Work of Abraham Joshua Hessel?

2min

26.

What Is Your Favorite Neil Postman Book?

4min

27.

How Do You Balance an Intellectually Demanding Job With Intellectually Difficult Hobby?

2min

28.

How Do You Choose What to Work Deeply On?

2min

29.

The Eighty Twenty Rule for Cultivating a Deep Life

3min

30.

Stay Deep!

32sec

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 WORK QUESTIONS

- How can I get others to accept a deeper work environment? [6:16]
- How can I escape meeting overload? [10:12]
- How can I ready myself for a deep work sessions? [18:00]
- Should I hire an assistant to help me with my emails? [22:14]
- How should indie authors use social media? [27:10]
- How do I stop being so distracted at work? [35:11]

DEEP LIFE QUESTIONS

- What is my (Cal) next book going to be about? [42:26]
- How do I preserve energy for home projects? [44:43]
- What do you (Cal) find valuable in the work of Abraham Joshua Heschel? [50:02]
- What is my (Cal) favorite Neil Postman book? [53:06]
- Can I write a novel if I'm a full-time computer programmer? [56:20]
- Nina how do you choose what to work deeply on? [58:56]

Thanks to Jay Kerstens for the intro music.