Cal Newport on Flourishing at Work

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cal Newport is a computer science professor at Georgetown University and the bestselling author of</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">So Good They Can’t Ignore You</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">,</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Deep Work</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">,</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Digital Minimalism</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, and most recently,</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">A World Without Email</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">. In this episode, we talk about how the “hyperactive hive mind” approach to work undermines our productivity and happiness, what he’s learned from heroes like Lincoln and Socrates about building a better world, considerations surrounding the choice to have kids, and much more. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Subscribe in</span> <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/philosophy-for-flourishing/id1516846670"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Apple Podcasts</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">,</span> <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/2ygYLi3sTed0DkRWzUb95C"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Spotify</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, or wherever you’re listening right now.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Facebook:</span> <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/objectivestandard"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://www.facebook.com/objectivestandard</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Twitter:</span> <a href= "https://twitter.com/ObjStdInstitute"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://twitter.com/ObjStdInstitute</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">LinkedIn:</span> <a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/company/objectivestandardinstitute/"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> https://www.linkedin.com/company/objectivestandardinstitute/</span></a></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Email Jon at</span> <a href= "mailto:jon@objective