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Ep. 148: LISTENER CALLS: Decoding the Productive Pause

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

English - November 18, 2021 12:00 - 46 minutes - 21.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
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Below are the topics covered in today's listener calls mini-episode (with timestamps). For instructions on submitting your own questions, go to calnewport.com/podcast.


DEEP DIVE: Decoding the Productive Pause [2:43]

LISTENER CALLS:

- Finding a research interests.  [10:00]
- Trading moments of your life for money. [13:23] 
- Scheduling more deep work. [23:14]
- Handling the difficult switch from work to leisure and then back again.  [27:30]            
- Creating temporal Eudamonia Machines.  [32:31]      
- Leading a new team away from email.  [39:14]


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