Should This Executive Quit His Job to Write a Book? | Deep Questions Podcast with Cal Newport

Cal Newport answers a question about what to do when your passion might start to become economically viable? A CFO for a small company has a fiction writing hobby. He got some short stories published in professional publications, received a few prizes, and caught the interest of an agent. The next stage is to write a book but he only has 1 hour a day. Cal explains that he needs to write the book faster and find 20 hours per week to write. Cal also suggests to take time off to write. This time off will be a 2 week push. Listen to Episode Here (Scroll down to #189DeepQuestionsPodcast) : https://bit.ly/3eEefHK 0:00 Cal's intro 0:10 Cal reads the question 1:30 Cal explains to use the Derek Siver's formula 2:08 Get to 20 hours a week 4:50 Cal and Jesse talk about guests 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