Ep. 10: Battling Email, Online Learning, and a Game Plan for Escaping a Shallow Life | DEEP QUESTIONS

Deep Questions with Cal Newport ·

In this episode of Deep Questions I answer reader questions on battling email, online learning, and a game plan for escaping a shallow life. I also play some question roulette and answer the audio question of the day.

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Full list of topics tackled in today’s episode:

  • [1:23] Fighting the email onslaught

  • [4:50] Shutting down when work never ends

  • [9:53] Abandoning work blocks

  • [11:03] Grad school later in life

  • [12:20] Getting into grad school

  • [14:15] How to win at grad school

  • [15:40] My deliberate practice routines

  • [21:45] Question roulette: overhaul deep work habits

  • [25:31] Schools and social media

  • [28:00] Adapting to online learning 

  • [31:40] Bullet journaling: yay or nay?

  • [34:40] Audio question of the day: too many tasks

  • [37:50] Elite learning without schools (bonus rant: the future of higher education)

  • [45:09] My dharma

  • [48:17] Escaping a long stay in the shallows

Thanks to listener Jay Kerstens for the intro music.

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