How To Quickly Improve Focus & Productivity | Cal Newport

[@lucaseverini2002]

59:00 thank you for reminding that. I totally agree. Reading these kinds of books is an antidote to quick emotional judgement and biased beliefs.

[@tuliren]

Summary of five focus protocols @ 13:41: 1. Clearly differentiate the focus blocks from non-focus blocks 2. Focus less 3. Use focus space 4. Produce artifacts along the way 5. Spend more time walking

[@hellojovoni]

You are the best!

[@ShyamkrishnanNair]

What a powerful approach to improving focus! Time-blocking, even for busy personal schedules, is key. Prioritizing tasks, despite the overwhelming amount of work, can help you stay on track. Deep work is essential, especially when meetings fill your day, and Slow Productivity principles can guide business owners. It’s all about doing less but with more meaningful impact. Like with the Habit10x Sense of Humor Improvement Program, focus on what truly matters, even when distractions pop up. Keep pushing forward!

[@reginaldphillips7615]

I picked up the Intellectual Life after re-reading Deep Work, actually.

[@miriamendres7415]

I agree with doing physical activity to access creativity. Years ago I was in a debating team and my prepared conclusion was not well. I was working in a physical role at that time and as I was working I came up with a better conclusion, just needed a few little tweaks. I am about to move to a different town, and during my morning walk of 20 min I am coming up with ideas to incorporate into the application letter. I have written them down, once again needing a few little tweaks. What I am finding is that the work that is getting me to the goal, than I break it up with some physical work--prepare lunch etc. I can come back to the goal work with fresh eyes/thoughts.

[@alexandrazakhvatayev1309]

6th protocol... Listening to cal at 2x playback speed... super quick 😅

[@AadidevSooknananNXS]

SAME

[@routineaberration]

In defense of thinking would be a marvelous book, I look forward to it. Any resources to look at in the mean time?

[@PrognosisNu]

The intellectual life it´s a good book on thinking and being a philosopher as a way of life.

[@crackerbarreIkid55]

I like to reserve a room at my local library for focus work. I don’t connect to their WiFi and have no option for distraction.

[@biegebythesea6775]

great idea. don't you find the temperature irritating though?

[@2sancap]

The changing of the clothes in hysterical.

[@ZaahirJappie]

Cal coaching us on Zone 2 🤣

[@qwertyqart]

I couldn’t ask this question on a podcast version of this episode but are there any episode transcripts available? Also, why KZbin video and podcasts have different title and no numbering?

[@andreamunari5800]

TY

[@Buzzzy-B]

lol. The clothing switch is distracting me from my deep work session on this episode!

[@sevcanozturk]

Cal, you need to do DEEPer and SLOWer reading on the Palestinian situation. Reading politics through a poet’s perspective🤦‍♀😱

[@AadidevSooknananNXS]

Came to watch this on YT just to see the costumes

[@trwijbenga]

Haha same 😂

[@monsieurene3366]

Same

[@terrywilliamson2067]

Me too!!

[@zolopane117]

That Jomboy Yankees vid was absolutely brutal 😭

[@moderntheurgist]

The fact that Carl Newport can talk about productivity for hours and hours with camera focus on himself all the time with the similar facial expression across all videos showing he is really deep in this rabbit hole. His videos can put me into deep sleep with his slow speed voice. I know KZbin pays you better for long videos but it does help make the videos a bit more interesting by adding more guest speakers so you don’t have to talk very very slowly to extend the video time.

[@menlo7256]

He speaks that way ever since. You're in his channel. This is what you could expect. Other content creators out there produces the style you're looking for, really good ones too. But this is Cal's approach.

[@nav689]

Nah you just gotta work on your focus bruv

[@nitin_puranik]

A lot of people don't seem to be familiar with how to increase the video speed to 1.5x or even 2x. Oh how I despair over how a large segment of humanity is ignorant of this superpower.

[@ruber1]

This is a podcast, not a vlog

[@biegebythesea6775]

will my question be answered, i wonder. is there a year long backlog?

[@halogenx1268]

Hmmm ok

[@lthinks8311]

good to know that you're sane and logical regarding the Israel situation, Cal. Much respect!

[@vitaliinnest]

But what about Ukraine? Hello from Ukraine.

[@biegebythesea6775]

@@vitaliinnest ukraine has the world on its side (apart from china). the world is unfortunately far too pro-israel which is depressing. being pro-genocide shouldn't be as globally accepted as it is.

[@lthinks8311]

​@@biegebythesea6775 You were brainwashed into thinking this war is genocide mate

[@biegebythesea6775]

@@lthinks8311 I'm not your mate and nobody is brainwashed about this being a genocide, they're brainwashed about it being a war since many of our disgusting governments are helping Israel murder innocent civilians. Wake up.

[@Amira-157]

Cal, listening to you speak about settler colonialism and the Palestinian struggle with such shallowness and hypocrisy felt like a fever dream. What an absolute disappointment.

[@cosymoments]

Cal - I LOVE your work - but you also have to 'twitch your antennas' when 40,000+ innocent Palestinian civilians are killed... they are being dehumanised.

[@Amira-157]

Thank you for this

[@sevcanozturk]

agree!

[@shahidaziz489]

You cannot morally justify the killing of Palestinians and an illlegal occupation on intellectual grounds and the definition of a phrase. Tell that to the families that have lost loved ones in both Gaza and the West Bank. The right for freedom for Palestine represents the right for freedom for everyone who values justice.

[@cosymoments]

Well said. How can anyone talk about dehumanisation and not direct the conversation towards Palestinian dehumanisation. 44k civilians death and countless missing. Where is common sense and human decency gone?

[@Amira-157]

Thank you for this !! I've been following and supporting him for ages and what an absolute disappointment his rent was.

[@bram_adams]

you jumped the gun here so far you ended up in another room, friend

[@sevcanozturk]

absolutely agree! he doesn't even mention "Palestine" or "Palestinians". What a biased point of view under the cover of intellectuality.

[@RebeccaDussich]

all due respect, but the moment you claim that the concept of settler colonialism is a modern phenomenon or that we (whoever “we” is) didn’t realize that empire was “bad” until WWII, you make it apparent that you don’t have enough context to pontificate on the subject (especially not for, apparently, the longest you’ve ever spoken about a single book??) to a large audience. i would recommend reading the work of indigenous peoples on the concept of settler colonialism before you make these kinds of sweeping judgements about an idea. this really calls other things you discuss into question. do you regularly make a habit of speaking this extensively about things you don’t really understand?

[@wplants9793]

I agree, especially because we know Cal is into reading history. From my armature interest in European history I do actually think the dynamic of colonialism can go back to the Roman Empire and the spread and domination of Christianity through the Holy Roman Empire. The Roman’s knew they were colonizers and used colonization as a way to create loyalty and allegiance of their generals and such. If a general conquered a land they were often rewarded with becoming the ruler of that land, and of course they were extracting resources, punishing locals for practicing their ways and essentially Romanizing them, which was all exacerbated by forced conversations to Christianity. The Vikings were not always trying to colonize (sometimes they did) and they probably did not know they were colonizers when they did. I don’t really know if the Anglo Saxons knew they were colonizers but they did colonize, it looks like maybe they didn’t know they were colonizers. The Roman’s might have been more aware due to their connection with the Middle East. Anyways, it’s worth a deeper look.

[@russell6877]

These are western ethics being used to attack Europeans by people that never subscribed to them in the first place.These ideas shouldn’t be entertained as it’s simply a form of revenge.

[@rb10xii]

Seems you're a bit triggered he does not hold the same moral biases as you regarding colonization.

[@2sancap]

He is just one person with an opinion. I don’t let myself get distressed because someone I respect on one area doesn’t agree with me on every issue. Who cares? As an example, he mentioned last week that he was scheduling his kids flu shots. He is clearly not informed about vaccine injuries and risk, or he would never allow his children to be poisoned. I just rolled my eyes, he’s like most people who have not done any research outside of getting an MDs opinion. I still respect him for his advice on productivity and focus and ignore his ignorance on vaccines

[@cosymoments]

@@2sancap you're the one that sounds distressed to me 🤷‍♀

[@muntahafaiaaz]

why read a book on settler colonialism written by a poet? how can someone as Deeeeeep as you be so shallow?