Ep. 322: The Discipline Ladder

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 (https://bit.ly/3U3sTvo )   Video from today’s episode: youtube.com/calnewportmedia (https://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 (https://www.calnewport.com/slow ) Get a signed copy of Cal’s “Slow Productivity” at peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/cal-newport/ (https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/cal-newport/ ) Cal’s monthly book directory: bramses.notion.site/059db2641def4a88988b4d2cee4657ba? (https://bramses.notion.site/059db2641def4a88988b4d2cee4657ba? ) city-journal.org/article/professor-mia (https://www.city-journal.org/article/professor-mia ) newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-inquiry/what-kind-of-writer-is-chatgpt (https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-inquiry/what-kind-of-writer-is-chatgpt )   Thanks to our Sponsors:    mybodytutor.com (https://www.mybodytutor.com ) expressvpn.com/deep (https://www.expressvpn.com/deep ) rhone.com/cal (https://www.rhone.com/cal ) cozyearth.com/deep (https://www.cozyearth.com/deep )   Thanks to Jesse Miller for production, Jay Kerstens for the intro music, Kieron Rees for the slow productivity music, and Mark Miles for mastering. 

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