Deep Questions with Cal Newport

Ep. 194: The Surprising Math of Doing Less

May 2, 2022

01:18:59

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Developing Discipline as an Identity

04:20

The Negative Effects of Overworking Yourself

01:18

The Seven Story Mountain by Thomas Merton

03:20

The Value of Reading Habit in Your Life

01:24

Introduction

3min

Writing a Custom Built Writer's Retreat

5min

The Surprised Math of Doing Less as a Writer

2min

The Productivity Versus Load Curve

3min

How Do You Make Long Term Plans?

3min

The Positive Impacts of Doing Too Much

5min

The Problem of the Overload Problem

2min

Use Blinkes to Help You Read More Books

6min

How to Track Your Time Block Planer Habits

2min

10.

You Take Motion Important, You Take Your Important

4min

11.

Doing an Overhaul of a Bucket

2min

12.

Your Brain Is Not Dumb. That's What You Do

5min

13.

I Like Harry Johan's Work

2min

14.

The Inject Heroine to Mad Scientists Injects Into You Everyday

5min

15.

The Seven Story Mountain by Thomas Merton

3min

16.

We're Non Fiction.

3min

17.

The Secrets of Space Telemetry by Karl Sagan

3min

18.

A C a M Constellation and Codin

2min

19.

Book Review - Deep Pole Uncle Petros and Gold Block's Conjecture

2min

20.

Cary Pon Core's Conjecture

2min

21.

You've Got to Write In, Is It a Good Idea?

2min

22.

The Value in Your Life of Reading

3min

23.

Magic Spoon

2min

24.

Magic Spoon - A New Variety Box

2min

25.

How to Be a Non Fiction Book Writer?

2min

26.

Writing for a Magazine

4min

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

Video from today’s episode: youtube.com/calnewportmedia

DEEP DIVE: The Surprising Math of Doing Less [8:58]

QUESTIONS:

- How do I improve my discipline? [26:16]
- How do you break down a complicated problem? [37:20]
- LISTENER CALL: Has Cal read “Stolen Focus”? [40:27]

The Books I Read in April 2022 [46:41]

- LISTENER CALL: Playbook for writing in The New Yorker [1:12:37]

Thanks to our Sponsors:

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MagicSpoon.com/Deep

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

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Deep Questions with Cal Newport

Ep. 194: The Surprising Math of Doing Less

Developing Discipline as an Identity

The Negative Effects of Overworking Yourself

The Seven Story Mountain by Thomas Merton

The Value of Reading Habit in Your Life

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