2024 GREATS: 950: Slowing Down to Boost Productivity and Ease Stress with Cal Newport

2024 GREATS: 950: Slowing Down to Boost Productivity and Ease Stress with Cal Newport

Cal Newport shows how to achieve more by doing less.


— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) Why we’re measuring productivity all wrong

2) The surprising math showing how doing less means achieving more

3) The trick to eliminating tasks that don’t serve you


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— ABOUT CAL —

Cal Newport is a professor of computer science at Georgetown University and a founding member of the Center for Digital Ethics. In addition to his academic work, Newport is a New York Times bestselling author who writes for a general audience about the intersection of technology, productivity, and culture. He is also a contributor to The New Yorker and hosts the popular Deep Questions podcast.

• Book: Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

• Book: Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

• Book: So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love


— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life by Steve Martin

• Book: Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time by Brian Tracy

• Book: Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown

• Book: Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen

• Book: Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein

• Book: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change by Stephen Covey

• Book: The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth About Extraordinary Results by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan

• Book: The Sabbath by Abraham Joshua Heschel

• Book: The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance by David Epstein

• Past episode: 614: Making Smarter Decisions When You Can’t Know Everything with Annie Duke


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