How to Beat Burnout: Slow Productivity with Cal Newport | Being Well

We’re tired, burnt out, and searching for a reprieve from hustle culture. Something needs to change if we’re going to get to real productivity: doing that is meaningful and fulfilling rather than just checking boxes off an endless to-do list. On today’s episode, ‪@CalNewportMedia‬ joins the podcast to explore slow productivity, deep work, and how we can achieve more by doing less.

About our Guest: Cal is a computer science professor at Georgetown University and the bestselling author of eight books including Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World and most recently, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout. He also has a YouTube channel and hosts the podcast Deep Questions with Cal Newport.

Key Topics:
0:00 Introduction
2:40 Slow productivity vs. pseudoproductivity
10:30 Anxiety, procrastination, and overwhelm
17:35 Meaningful work and anti-productivity
22:10: Technology, anti-capitalist philosophy, and knowledge work
28:55 The cognitive drain of multitasking
32:45 The distraction of phones social media
36:05 The ratio of deep work to lighter work
40:10 How timeblocking actually reduces stress
44:35 Office hours and shared documents
47:10 Common misconceptions about Cal’s work
55:15 Tailoring advice to your individual situation
1:00:15 Life transitions, and the deceptive advice to “follow your passion”
1:07:50 Obsessing over quality while avoiding perfectionism
1:17:25 Recap

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