Help! My Productivity System Is Failing... | Deep Questions Podcast With Cal Newport

Cal Newport answers a question about a failing productivity system. Cal explains the difference between productivity and productivity tools.

Cal suggests going back to the basics with the #ProductivityFunnel. This is a key component of Cal's time management system.

0:00 Cal's intro
1:10 Cal makes larger points about productivity
2:50 Productivity funnel
5:45 Start simple but clear

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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.

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[practicalproffessor]

Start it simple and build complexity over it

[vladimirhell]

I was asking myself "how can someone struggle to order a screen for their mobile-home" for a bit too long at the start there ngl

[tranquillo]

That 3 tiered funnel... Such a simple but powerful concept.

[zahwazahoor]

Wooaaahhh!!! sirs! Have you opened up your youtube? amazing. Firstly if you are reading this Deep work has been a savior, and yay it did help me quit all social media, been living 2 years without it, good life.
I however have been facing issues managing my time, because as a student looking up to getting into college, deep work seems a luxury between bizarre attempts of trying to give it to my studies and also my ECs. The difficulty really is training your mind to focus on a diverse range of work at your table. Very precisely, you have to shift from what you study at school, to Prepping for SAT, to the communication demands of the people you are working on any sort of EC ya da ya da...
And this scenario is very chaotic, I end up at unrealistic attempts to manage my time and cultivate deep work.

The productivity gurus don't appeal to me, but your work has been really influential to me and the people I have recommended your work to...

[greatpeople]

Hello, very insightful. However, what do you mean by phoneticism?

[Tanishkmalviya]

Hi cal, I am too addicted to youtube and I am unable to do my priority works, I have tried many thing like minimalistic launchers like ratio but it won't work then parental control but it only worked for max 2-3 days what should I do I need your help to overcome my addiction also I am a student so I have to study from YouTube too so I can delete it and also there is no option to delete youtube on android smartphone. I am falling behind.

[sayalibonde]

How do I send Cal a question?

My question - What do you do when : you are focused on a cognitively demanding activity (a doctor studying for exams), you have zero distractions (phone and everything turned off) - but it is YOUR MIND that is the distraction (may be the break up you've just had, a fight with your mother you've just had etc.) ?
Will this still qualify as deep work?

[kevinwalter]

Believe it or not: Steve Jobs invented the iPhone so people could listen to music and reorder their mobile home screen using the same device