Ep. 287: Minimalist Notes

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

A deep life requires that you encounter and make sense of a large amount of incoming information, from narrow data relevant to a professional project, to broad insights into your purpose. How do you keep track of all of this? In this episode, Cal proposes a minimalist approach aimed at minimizing the friction required to keep tabs on what matters.
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Deep Dive: How to track information that matters [2:55]
- How should I make use of non-cognitive time? [27:37]
- Can people with ADHD become better at learning? [32:49]
- What does Cal think of Gloria Mark’s “4 myths of attention span”? [36:31]
- How can I concentrate on my dissertation when I have a full-time job? [47:04]
- How can I stop wasting my afternoon time blocks? [53:20]
- CALL: How can I better organize my idea notebooks? [1:01:38]
CASE STUDY: Avoiding the hyperactive hive mind to work more efficiently [1:05:46]
CAL REACTS: Is it bad to be slow? [1:13:46]
Links:
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gloriamark.com/attention-span
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Chapter

1. Ep. 287: Minimalist Notes (00:00:00)

2. Deep Dive: How to track information that matters (00:02:55)

3. How should I make use of non-cognitive time? (00:27:37)

4. Can people with ADHD become better at learning? (00:32:49)

5. What does Cal think of Gloria Mark’s “4 myths of attention span”? (00:36:31)

6. How can I concentrate on my dissertation when I have a full-time job? (00:47:04)

7. How can I stop wasting my afternoon time blocks? (00:53:20)

8. CALL: How can I better organize my idea notebooks? (01:01:38)

9. CASE STUDY: Avoiding the hyperactive hive mind to work more efficiently (01:05:46)

10. CAL REACTS: Is it bad to be slow? (01:13:46)