Cal Newport on Boundaries & Burnout | Advice for Church Leaders

Cal Newport returns to the podcast with advice to church leaders and business leaders on setting boundaries and how to not be available to your congregation and customers 24/7, every day of the week.
Plus, Cal discusses why pseudo-productivity leads to burnout and why slow productivity is the future for knowledge workers and thought leaders.
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Chapters
00:00 - Inbound Communication: Clarity vs. Accessibility
01:47 - Training for Preachers
02:49 - The Anti-Productivity Movement
10:17 - Why Slow Productivity Is the Answer
16:39 - How to Manage Your Career
24:35 - In the Elevator With Steve Jobs
25:28 - What is Pseudo-Productivity?
28:34 - The Trouble With Successful Living
36:25 - How to Heal Yourself During the Workday
45:22 - Learning How to Say No
49:06 - What You Need to Do to Boost Productivity
50:49 - How to Help Church Leaders Reverse the Decline
53:51 - Controlling the Yes
55:58 - Steps toward a Clarity of Communication
59:42 - How to Communicate with People
1:04:09 - How to Be More Productive
1:07:52 - From Slow Productivity to Medium
1:11:42 - Less Is More in Your Career
1:15:26 - Podcasting for Preachers: The Challenges
1:16:44 - How to Create New Content Every 7 Days
1:20:08 - Working at a Natural Pace
1:23:24 - How to Write a Good Book
1:28:58 - The Need for Quality in Our Work
1:32:27 - Deep Questions: Digital Minimalism

[@CareyNieuwhof]

How do you set up boundaries in your work life to protect your family/personal life?

[@thawso]

Love this episode

[@CareyNieuwhof]

So glad! Thanks for watching.

[@SixMinuteSermons]

Carey, thanks so much for this interview. I can't tell you how helpful I've found it.

[@CareyNieuwhof]

So glad!

[@garykingsbury4758]

A very “tasky” discussion with not much dialogue about people. Maybe because people interactions are often not productive or efficient? I once worked with a president who was introducing new values for the organization like productivity and efficiency. I challenged him that we didn’t have a value of effectiveness, doing the “right thing” well. The problem with effectiveness is that often it is often someone else who decides if we are effective - a customer, a child, God. I felt that this interview was missing these “other people” issues of life.

[@TFlip04]

As a pastor I ended up getting a work phone and personal phone so I am able to unplug from work texts and emails during non work hour’s. $30 a month is worth being able to engage my family. I am able to check it from time to time but if there is an emergency someone will find a way to find me.

[@CareyNieuwhof]

So practical, thanks for sharing this.