Ep. 26: Habit Tune-Up: My Fall Schedule, Tough Love for a Distracted Listener, and Deep Meetings

Deep Questions with Cal Newport ·

In this mini-episode, I answer audio questions 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: 

  • How I'm scheduling everything I have to do this fall [6:33]

  • Working on one thing at a time versus rotating between them [16:17]

  • Some tough love for a distracted listener [18:43]

  • The perils of context switching [25:48]

  • Can meetings be deep? [31:05]

  • Struggling with productive meditation [36:35]

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Thanks to listener Jay Kerstens for the intro music.

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