Ep. 183: Crazy or Deep?

Ep. 183: Crazy or Deep?

Below are the questions covered in today's episode (with their timestamps). For instructions on submitting your own questions, go to calnewport.com/podcast.

Video from today’s episode: youtube.com/calnewportmedia

DEEP WORK QUESTIONS:

- How do I “practice” my job? [12:41]
- Does software with too many features distract us? [22:12}
- How can an overloaded minister juggle the demands of people and planning? [31:24]
- Should I stop teaching my stock investing course to get better at investing at stocks? (Bonus rant: why you’re not going to beat the stock market) [43:42]
- What lessons for life can we extract from the military experience? [45:47]

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


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