How Do I Stop Overthinking Everything? | Deep Questions With Cal Newport

Cal Newport answers a question about dealing with overthinking. Cal explains the right/wrong decision binary. This is the belief that there is great reward for the right choice and great pain for the wrong choice. Most decisions aren't so binary. Cal recommends asking yourself, "do I have evidence that this decision will open up good optioons for moving me closer to my desired lifestyle?" Listen to Episode Here (Scroll down to #204DeepQuestionsPodcast) : https://bit.ly/3eEefHK 0:00 Cal's intro 0:35 Cal explains right/wrong binary 1:36 Many different decision options 3:00 Career capital theory Connect with Cal Newport: 🔴Visit Cal's BLOG and website: https://bit.ly/3luGhca 🔴Check out Cal's books: https://bit.ly/3ppaafc About Cal Newport: Cal Newport is a computer science professor at Georgetown University. In addition to his academic research, he writes about the intersection of digital technology and culture. Cal's particularly interested in our struggle to deploy these tools in ways that support instead of subvert the things we care about in both our personal and professional lives. Cal is a New York Times bestselling author of seven books, including, most recently, A World Without Email, Digital Minimalism, and Deep Work. He's also the creator of The Time-Block Planner. The videos are considered to be used under the "Fair Use Doctrine" of United States Copyright Law, Title 17 U.S. Code Sections 107-118. Videos are used for editorial and educational purposes only and I do not claim ownership of any original video content. I don't use said video clips in advertisements, marketing or for direct financial gain. All video content in each clip is considered owned by the individual broadcast companies. #CalNewport #DeepWork #DeepLife #DeepQuestions #TimeblockPlanner #WorldWithoutEmail #DeepQuestionsPodcast