5 practices to adopt and 3 bad habits to avoid to improve mental clarity and decision-making.

This episode covers some of the best lessons from Cal Newport's writing on Deep Work and Slow Productivity. We focus on becoming deeper thinkers who question easy answers and build opinions from a place of deep understanding.

Top lessons:

• How to avoid shallow thinking traps


• Understand where your opinions come from


• Interval Training for concentration


• Ways to think like an intellectual


• Increase your working memory


• Understand ideas from multiple perspectives


• Enjoy slower and more purposeful progress

This episode is a blueprint for building wisdom and clarity of thought and we can't recommend Cal Newport's work enough and his ideas shared in this episode.

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Cal Newport Links

• Website - https://calnewport.com/


• Deep Questions podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/deep-questions-with-cal-newport/id1515786216


• Deep Work - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25744928-deep-work


• Slow Productivity - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/195889760-slow-productivity

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Chapters:

00:00 The Erosion of Deep Thinking

01:46 Using Charlie Mungers Inversion Approach for deep thinking

02:22 [Bad Habit #1] - Outsourcing Our Thinking

03:25 [Bad Habit #2] - Prioritizing Fast Emotional Hits

04:19 [Bad Habit #3] - Checklist Mentality

05:02 System One vs. System Two Thinking

06:13 [Deep Habit #1] - Improving Information Quality + Reducing Quantity

07:46 Cal Newport's Timescales of Consumption

09:34 [Deep Habit #2] - Comfort with Boredom

11:03 Sanitizing Your Phone & Building Phone-Free Activities

13:35 [Deep Habit #3] - Cultivating Attention

16:23 Tracking Your Progress

18:00 [Deep Habit #4] - Increasing Working Memory

21:47 [Deep Habit #5] - Practice Being Intellectual

22:13 Pairing Primary and Secondary Sources

23:02 Richard Feynman's Idea Documents

25:46 Adopting Intellectual Curiosity

27:38 Benjamin Franklin's Deep Thinkers Club

28:12 Launching a Book Club

29:02 Rebranding the Podcast to Psychology Vs.

30:15 Starting a Second Podcast - History of Innovation

31:56 Episode Summary and Final Thoughts

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