Ep. 22: Habit Tune-Up: Seeking Depth When Working from Home, Academia's Email Problem, and Sequencing Projects

Deep Questions with Cal Newport ·

In this mini-episode, I take "calls" from listeners asking for advice about how best to tune-up their productivity and work habits in a moment of increased distraction and disruption.

You can submit your own audio questions at speakpipe.com/calnewport.

Here are the topics we cover: 

  • Seeking depth when working from home [2:22]
  • Feeling guilty about long afternoon naps [11:17]
  • Rant Alert: Fixing academia's email overload problem [18:15]
  • Advice for someone returning to school later in life [28:56]
  • Tackling projects one at a time versus in parallel [36:46]

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Thanks to listener Jay Kerstens for the intro music.

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