The Simple Rule To Double Your Productivity Everyday | Cal Newport

Cal Newport talks about a simple strategy to double your productivity everyday in Episode 261 of the Deep Questions podcast. In celebration of the newly released *second* edition of the Time Block Planner, Cal provides some additional expert tips for getting the most out of a time blocking discipline before answering listener questions on the general topic of time management. He closes by discussing the recent claim that phones are ruining peoples’ ability to watch movies. Get your questions answered by Cal! Here’s the link: Listen to Episode Here: Links: Thanks to our Sponsors: 0:00 Time-blocking 4:12 Why time-blocking work 7:13 Time-block planner 11:31 Time-blocking advanced tips 22:00 Cal talks about Mosh and 80,000 hours 27:18 How do I deal with the guilt of missing time blocks? 32:14 How does Cal reconcile slow productivity with the urgency of time blocking? 35:34 How do I block enough time to keep up with all the internet content I want to read? 45:08 How do I stick to my block schedule if no one is forcing me to? 49:52 How can Cal be both a computer science professor and yet still be so bad at technology? 54:08 Cal talks about Mint Mobile and Express VPN 58:44 Something Interesting Connect with Cal Newport: 🔴Visit Cal’s BLOG and website: 🔴Check out Cal’s books: 🔴Check out The Deep Life: About Cal Newport: Cal Newport is a computer science professor at Georgetown University. In addition to his academic research, he writes about the intersection of digital technology and culture. Cal’s particularly interested in our struggle to deploy these tools in ways that support instead of subvert the things we care about in both our personal and professional lives. Cal is a New York Times bestselling author of seven books, including, most recently, A World Without Email, Digital Minimalism, and Deep Work. He’s also the creator of The Time-Block Planner. The videos are considered to be used under the “Fair Use Doctrine“ of United States Copyright Law, Title 17 U.S. Code Sections 107-118. Videos are used for editorial and educational purposes only and I do not claim ownership of any original video content. I don’t use said video clips in advertisements, marketing or for direct financial gain. All video content in each clip is considered owned by the individual broadcast companies. #CalNewport #DeepWork #DeepLife #DeepQuestions #TimeblockPlanner #WorldWithoutEmail #DeepQuestionsPodcast