Ep. 296: Jane Austen’s To-Do List (LIVE)

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

Cal Newport

Technology, Self-improvement, Education

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2024

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

In the first ever live episode of Deep Questions, recorded at People’s Book in Takoma Park, MD, Cal extracts a modern productivity lesson from the tale of Jane Austen’s frustrated ambitions, before taking questions from the audience.

Below are the questions covered in today's episode (with their timestamps). Get your questions answered by Cal! Here’s the link: bit.ly/3U3sTvo

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

Deep Dive: Jane Austen’s To-Do List [3:22]

— Is Cal building his YouTube channel with social media tactics? [27:36]
— How can I do less in such a busy world? [31:53]
— How do I escape the flow state? [37:01]
— How can someone become a star while obsessing over craft? [40:52]
— How can I apply Slow Productivity to unrelated projects? [46:40]
— How does Cal develop his writing frameworks? [50:20]
— How can I apply Slow Productivity principles to a team? [52:48]
— How can I avoid the Zoom apocalypse? [57:48]
— Is there a conflict between working at a natural pace and obsessing over quality? [1:07:16]
— How can a personal trainer build a wellness solution company? [1:09:46]
— How can our team not get delayed with technical problems? [1:13:00]
— How can a young lawyer manage peer relationships with teams? [1:16:38]

Links:

— Buy Cal’s latest book, “Slow Productivity” at calnewport.com/slow
— Use this link to preorder a signed copy of “Slow Productivity”: peoplesbooktakoma.com/preorder-slow-productivity/
— Cal’s Monthly Books directory: bramses.notion.site/059db2641def4a88988b4d2cee4657ba?v=448bf8afad0740d18f6b109b4bd40d51

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

Transcript

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0:00.0	The I'm Cal Newport and this is deep Questions, the show about cultivating a deep life in a high-tech
0:26.9	world. So I'm here in my deep work HQ, but only briefly.
0:36.7	Today's episode we're doing something different.
0:39.4	Jesse and I recorded a live version of this podcast at People's Book, the independent bookstore
0:46.9	here in Tacoma Park that's right around the corner from our studio and today's
0:51.9	episode is going to be that live recorded appearance at
0:56.8	People's Book. I followed the same structure as our normal podcast I start with
1:01.2	a deep dive and then we did questions from the audience.
1:04.4	We have some like 40 minutes of live questions. We had a packed house. So it was really a
1:09.3	lot of fun, a little bit of a different twist on the same basic ideas of this show. So I do hope you like that.
1:15.0	Two quick logistical points before we get into it.
1:18.0	One, People's Book is still selling signed versions of my new book, Slow Productivity.
1:24.9	So as you knew, as part of the pre-order campaign for that book, you could pre-order a signed
1:30.3	copy from People's Book. They still are selling them. Even though the book is out, they'll still sell you a sign copy. I just signed a bunch when I was over there.
1:38.0	We put a link in the show notes or just go to People's Book website, People's Book to Comeapark, you'll find them on Google.
1:44.0	If you want to sign copy, you can still order them.
1:46.4	It's a fantastic store.
1:47.4	It's a good store to support, and it's a good way to support independent book selling in general.
1:54.0	Also another cool link I wanted to share with you and it's in the show notes is a listener of the show has put together a list of every book I have discussed on the show, me having read.
2:05.2	So I talk about the books I read each month.
2:08.3	A listener has put together a dynamic list of all those books.
2:11.2	So I put that link in the show notes if you want to
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