Cal Newport

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1,088 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 22 Jul

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The Liz Moody Podcast · How To Work Less This Summer (And Still Get MORE Done) · 22 Jul 2026 podcast

Nah, you need 90 minutes for that piece.

That's going to take a lot longer than you think.

So give yourself more time.

So you want to give yourself grace.

Yes, I'm not going to hit this.

We're going to have to change the plan a few times.

That's fine.

And then give yourself way more time than you think you need for the things you're doing.

I think philosophically, probably yes.

But when it comes to like the technical explanation for why doing fewer things makes sense in work, it's a completely different type of dynamic than what goes on outside of work.

So in work, it's all about the administrative overhead.

If you have too much administrative overhead, your day gets clogged with like productivity kudzu and you can't do anything else.

Do we do too many things outside of work?

I think yes as well, but it's almost a completely different philosophical question of what does it mean to have like a successful family?

Like what do your kids actually need?

It's like a much more complicated ground.

I want someone to write a book about that because I want that advice.

I'm really good at what happens during the workday.

I need someone else to write a good book about what minimalism means when you're talking about life with three boys.

That's a book I would definitely buy.

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