Deep Questions with Cal Newport

Ep. 181: Should I Quit My Lawyer Job?

Mar 14, 2022

01:11:07

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The Seductive Nature of Checkless Productivity

01:27

Structuring deep work sessions involving reading and writing

00:43

A World Without Email: The Hyperactive Hive Mind Workflow

01:24

A World Without Unscheduled Messages

01:48

Introduction

2min

The Bangles Crickets

2min

The Hyperactive Hive Mind Workflow

5min

The Problem With Back and Forth Messages in the Workplace

6min

The Hyper Active Hive Mind Workflow

5min

A World Without Unscheduled Messages

2min

Work Is Not About What's Easier

2min

The Biggest Problem in Health and Fitness

3min

How to Use a Blinkist Subscription?

3min

10.

How to Answer the Audio Question on Kickstarter

2min

11.

Checkless Productivity - It's Seductive

4min

12.

How Do I Get Out of the Urgent Quadrant for Longer Than That?

4min

13.

Orpheus - I'm a Music Composer

6min

14.

How to Structure Deep Work Sessions That Require Both Reading and Writing

4min

15.

How Grammarly Premium Will Make Hiring Much Easier

3min

16.

The Deep Life Bucket Method

5min

17.

Is There Value in Having a Big Firm Law Career?

1min

18.

How Much Do You Make as a Lawyer?

4min

19.

The Deep Question's Private Jet

2min

20.

Does Context Switching Effect Reading Comprehension?

5min

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

CORE IDEA: The Case Against Email [2:52]

DEEP WORK QUESTIONS:

- How do I balance writing and marketing? [30:32]
- How do I find time to time an overwhelming work load? [36:10]
- How do I work even deeper? [40:22]
- Should I read before or after I write? [45:51]

DEEP LIFE QUESTIONS:

- Deep living in retirement? [53:07]
- Should I quit my lawyer job? [55:24]
- Does context switching reduce reading comprehension? [1:07:32]
- Does Nicholas Carr’s hyperlink critique hold up? [1:08:15]

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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. 181: Should I Quit My Lawyer Job?

The Seductive Nature of Checkless Productivity

Structuring deep work sessions involving reading and writing

A World Without Email: The Hyperactive Hive Mind Workflow

A World Without Unscheduled Messages

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