Ep. 290: Financing the Deep Life (w/ Noah Kagan)

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

Cal Newport

Technology, Self-improvement, Education

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2024

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

One of the most common strategies for achieving a powerful ideal lifestyle vision is to leverage entrepreneurial activities to find a stable source of income that allows autonomy and flexibility. To help understand how to succeed in such ventures, Cal interviews the entrepreneur and author Noah Kagan about his new book, "The Million Dollar Weekend." Recording on the road as part of his book tour for "Slow Productivity," Cal also shares some lessons about what he's been observing.

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INTERVIEW: Marketing guru Noah Kagan [11:06]

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0:00.0	I'm Cal Newport and this is Deep Questions, the show about cultivating a deep life in a world drowning in digital
0:16.7	distraction. Now normally I would be joining you from the Deep Work HQ in Tacoma Park, Maryland along with my producer Jesse, but not today.
0:29.0	Today I'm actually recording from my hotel room in Austin, Texas. I am on a book tour recording
0:36.4	podcast in advance of the publication of my new book, Slow Productivity, which
0:41.2	is released here in the US, on Tuesday, March 5th, the day after this
0:46.1	podcast airs so I'm very excited about that. So because I'm on the road what I've
0:51.2	done is I recorded an interview that's relevant to the
0:57.0	pragmatic quest to live a deeper life.
0:59.4	So that's what I'm going to get to for the bulk of the episode. But I thought it might be fun before we get to the interview for me to share three observations I have from being on the road promoting this book.
1:11.0	First things, first, however, a final gentle reminder, if you
1:16.1	pre-ordered slow productivity, please make sure that you submit your receipt
1:20.8	to get your pre-order bonuses. All you have to do is send your
1:25.0	receipt to get your pre-order bonuses. All you have to do is send your receipt to slow at pre-order bonuses.com
1:28.0	regardless of where you ordered the book and we will get those bonuses to you. If you submit this as late as March 5th,
1:35.4	we'll still get you the bonuses. I want to quickly note one of the bonuses I've
1:40.5	added to this list is audio commentary on every chapter of the book.
1:46.6	I recorded a five to ten minute commentary on each of the chapters of the book where I give you
1:51.0	a behind the scenes look on my struggles to make that chapter work
1:54.4	and how the ideas in it came together. It's a cool behind the scenes understanding of
1:58.9	how books like this are written. That's one of multiple bonuses you'll get when you submit your receipt.
2:04.0	You can find out more at Cal Newport.com slash slow.
2:07.0	And of course, if you're listening to this after March 5th, the book is out.
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