Is Time Blocking Oppressive? – Manage Your Time & Productivity In An Overloaded World | Cal Newport [Video]

Cal Newport talks about if time blocking is oppressive in Episode 305 of the Deep Questions podcast.

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

Oliver Burkeman recently noted that time blocking seems oppressive? In this episode, Cal responds to this reaction in a surprising way. He then answers questions from listeners and reacts to this podcast being featured at the recent Apple WWDC event.

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

Links:
Buy Cal’s latest book, “Slow Productivity” at www.calnewport.com/slow
Get a signed copy of Cal’s “Slow Productivity” at https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/cal-newport/
Cal’s monthly book directory: bramses.notion.site/059db2641def4a88988b4d2cee4657ba?v=448bf8afad0740d18f6b109b4bd40d51
https://shows.acast.com/farewell/episodes/045-the-reason-you-cant-ever-get-through-your-to-do-list-wit
https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2024/102/

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0:00 Is Time Blocking Oppressive?
24:15 Can Cal elaborate on his experience with his Acceptance and Commitment therapy?
32:30 How can I sustain my deep life program?
35:40 How can I stop my girlfriend from always checking her phone?
41:30 How long are your timeblocks in your planner?
44:50 How do I obsess over quality with filling into procrastination?
52:50 Getting back on track after travel
57:45 Adopting principles from Cal’s book to design my life
1:08:03 Deep Questions featured at Apple’s WWDC!

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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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