Ep. 322: The Discipline Ladder

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

Do you struggle to consistently make progress on hard things that are important to you? In today’s episode, Cal describes a way to improve this state of affairs: a systematic training regime called the discipline ladder. He then answers listener questions about their own struggles with discipline and reacts to an article claiming that professors are lazy (gasp!).

Below are the questions covered in today's episode (with their timestamps). Get your questions answered by Cal! Here’s the link: bit.ly/3U3sTvo

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

Deep Dive: The Discipline Ladder [4:29]

- How can I overcome procrastination? [24:42]

- How can I make my daily metrics more personal? [27:16]

- How can I get my discipline back on track after a negative event? [32:47]

- How can I be more disciplined to find time for my part-time project? [39:50]

- How can my organization adopt slow productivity principles? [43:49]

- CALL: Process centered emails [50:41]

CASE STUDY: Leveraging Career Capital [58:02]

CAL REACTS: Are Professor’s Lazy? [1:07:19]

Links:

Buy Cal’s latest book, “Slow Productivity” at calnewport.com/slow

Get a signed copy of Cal’s “Slow Productivity” at peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/cal-newport/

Cal’s monthly book directory: bramses.notion.site/059db2641def4a88988b4d2cee4657ba?

city-journal.org/article/professor-mia

newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-inquiry/what-kind-of-writer-is-chatgpt

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Capitole

1. Ep. 322: The Discipline Ladder (00:00:00)

2. Deep Dive: The Discipline Ladder (00:04:29)

3. How can I overcome procrastination? (00:24:42)

4. How can I make my daily metrics more personal? (00:27:16)

5. How can I get my discipline back on track after a negative event? (00:32:47)

6. How can I be more disciplined to find time for my part-time project? (00:39:50)

7. How can my organization adopt slow productivity principles? (00:43:49)

8. CALL: Process centered emails (00:50:41)

9. CASE STUDY: Leveraging Career Capital (00:58:02)

10. CAL REACTS: Are Professor’s Lazy? (01:07:19)