Never Feel Burnout Again with Cal Newport (#61)

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Kevin Rose

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🗓️ 11 June 2024

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Kevin Rose sits down with Cal Newport a New York Times best-selling author, to dissect productivity fundamentals, including three core principles: doing fewer things, working at a natural pace, and obsessing over quality. They explore the historical context of productivity, the impact of technology on work habits, and the role of AI in productivity. Cal shares insights from his latest book, Slow Productivity, and gives practical tips for maintaining deep focus. Guest Bio and Links: Cal is an MIT-trained computer science professor at Georgetown University who also writes about the intersections of technology, work, and the quest to find depth in an increasingly distracted world. Cal is known for his unique stance of not using any social media. This decision underscores his deep work philosophy and adds an intriguing layer to his productivity and digital wellness expertise. Listeners can learn more about at his website, on YouTube @CalNewportMedia Partners: LMNT: Electrolyte drink mix. Grab a free sample pack CoPilot: Free 2 months of Kevin’s favorite personal finance app Facet: Personalized financial planning. Get your $250 enrollment fee waived Resources: Kevin's Newsletter: Join 100,000+ subscribers Rise and Fall of Getting Things Done Cal Newport’s Books Show Notes: (0:00) Introduction (0:50) LMNT: Electrolyte drink mix. Grab a free sample pack (2:10) CoPilot: Free 2 months of Kevin’s favorite personal finance app (4:25) Cal’s latest book: Slow Productivity (4:45) Defining productivity (7:30) Pseudo productivity and the impact of remote work (11:20) The Front Office IT revolution (14:05) ”Time and space are needed to craft important things” -Cal Newport (15:30) Task switching and multitasking (16:30) Facet: Personalized financial planning. Get your $250 enrollment fee waived (18:00) Kevin's Newsletter: Join 100,000+ subscribers (18:45) Why productivity tools don’t stick (19:40) The introduction of AI in the knowledge workspace (31:40) The role of intentional AI (38:00) Three adaptable principles in the 21st century (46:00) How to prioritize commitments (48:55) Importance of environmental cues in cognitive work (53:30) Handling small tasks and preventing fragmentation (1:02:10) Importance of obsessing over the quality of work (1:02:50) “The other thing that happens when you really start to care about craft, slowness no longer seems artificial or unattainable, but instead begins to seem necessary.” -Cal Newport (1:07:05) Day in the life of Cal Newport (1:15:20) Takeaways from Slow Productivity Connect with Kevin: Website: kevinrose.com Instagram: @KevinRose X: @KevinRose YouTube: @KevinRose

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0:00.0	How do you define productivity? That's a tricky one.
0:03.6	Cal Newport is a New York Times best selling author.
0:05.8	If you interrupt work, it's going to make you fatigue.
0:08.4	Are there people that are inherently good at and multitasking or is that complete yes we fool ourselves the human body can't do that but I think the people who think they're good at it they're just used to doing things basically at a mediocre level
0:22.0	remote job working from home you're working basically at a mediocre level. Remote work,
0:23.0	Working from home.
0:24.0	You're working quote unquote from home.
0:26.0	I want if possible for where you work to not be in your home.
0:29.0	You're trying to work in a cognitive environment.
0:31.0	The thing that you need to fix is the laundry basket that reminds you that you have to be laundry. It's a minefield of distraction.
0:37.8	Open AI is your new technology? Do you think there is a world where AI gets involved that will unlock something new that we haven't seen before.
0:46.0	I think the future of AI is...
0:50.0	So I'm absolutely addicted to rucking.
0:52.0	That's where you put this weighted backpack on I'm doing four miles probably five times a week
0:56.2	Actually saw a rattlesnake eat a lizard the other day no joke. It was insane
1:00.8	Anyway at the end of these workouts as you can imagine I'm just
1:03.7	sweating an absolute a ton it's great cardio but I need to replenish my electrolytes
1:08.8	but sadly most of those replacement powders out there they're just packed with sugar that goes straight to your gut,
1:14.4	spikes are glucose, there's nothing good about that, and that's the reason why I use elements.
1:19.6	There's no sugar and it has the science backed ratio of a thousand milligrams of sodium,
1:24.3	two hundred milligrams of potassium, and sixty milligrams of magnesium.
1:28.4	Not only no sugar, no coloring, no artificial ingredients, but there's no gluten no fillers just no BS and I
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