Ep. 8: Fleeing a Collapsing Career, Taking Notes on Books, Building a Deep Life | DEEP QUESTIONS

In this episode of Deep Questions I answer reader questions on fleeing a collapsing career, taking notes on books, and building a deep life. I also play some question roulette and answer the audio question of the day. To submit your own questions, sign up for my mailing list at calnewport.com (I send a survey to this list soliciting questions on a semi-regular basis.) Full list of topics tackled in today’s episode:  * Fleeing a collapsing career.  * The coming knowledge work productivity revolution.  * Configuring your tasks.  * Amending Deep Work.  * Audio Question: Finding depth in a social office.  * Taking notes on books (plus: Kindle versus physical)   * News from social media.   * Thoughts on LinkedIn.   * Running a business as a student.   * Optimal amounts of solitude.   * Finding quality leisure.   * How to build a deep life. Thanks to listener Jay Kerstens for the intro music. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices