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Deep Questions with Cal Newport · October 26, 2026 · 1h 6m

When Productivity Theory Meets Practice

Cal Newport is joined by Haley Pulli, a productivity coach at DoneDaily, to examine what happens when productivity theories run into real-world friction. The conversation is structured around client case studies where people initially struggled with Cal's ideas and eventually made them work. Topics include time blocking, multi-scale planning, deep work, attention residue, the shutdown ritual, and shallow work.

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Time Blocking in Practice00:04:26
Cal and Haley Pulli open the case-study discussion with clients who struggled to make time blocking work.
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Multi-Scale Planning in Practice00:14:50
The episode turns to multi-scale planning as another case where clients hit friction.

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