Ep. 263: Overhaul Your Life
Too many people believe that the New Year is the right time to undertake major improvements to your life. In this episode, Cal argues that it is instead right now, at the beginning of fall, that is th...
28 Aug 20231h 24min
Ep. 262: Creativity Hacking
When it comes to generating fantastic ideas – the type that can make your career – you don’t have to passively wait for inspiration to strike. You can, instead, *hack* the creative process to increase...
21 Aug 20231h 15min
Ep. 261: Control Your Time
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 listen...
14 Aug 20231h 32min
Ep. 260: Make Haste Slowly
One of the most popular (and widely forgotten) slogans of the ancient world was Festina Lente, or, “Make Haste Slowly.” In this episode, Cal looks deeper at what this phrase meant, and in doing so unc...
7 Aug 20231h 20min
Ep. 259: The Four-Hour Work Day
Do you ever feel completely overwhelmed by everything you have to do? The writer Oliver Burkeman recently experimented with an unexpected response to this common sensation: he decided to work much les...
31 Juli 20231h 13min
Ep. 258: Godel’s Deep Life Stack
Do history’s greatest thinkers care about time management? In today’s episode, Cal analyzes the system that the mathematician and philosopher, Kurt Godel, used to structure his days, weeks, and years ...
24 Juli 20231h 26min
Ep. 257: Refusing Overwork
Sometimes the most effective way to contain your workload is to simply declare how long you’re willing to work and then refuse to violate your pledge. In this episode, Cal revisits this “fixed-schedul...
17 Juli 20231h 13min
Ep. 256: Start with Discipline
In Cal’s new “deep life stack” the first layer toward finding more meaning is to develop discipline. Why does this come first? In this episode, Cal dives deeper into the importance of starting with di...
10 Juli 20231h 13min
