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

I got this business strategy out.

We turned around the whole philosophy of our marketing team, whatever it is.

It's the actual unambiguously valuable accomplishments.

That's what you want to turn your mind towards.

This is what I care about.

And this is what I derive my professional pride from.

Even the fact that that's a hard question to answer tells us the trouble that we are in in knowledge work right now, because we have been so focused on pseudo productivity and busyness that it is actually difficult for a lot of people at first when you say, yeah, but what is the core thing you do that's most valuable?

The thing that's hard to replicate or for someone without your training or experience to do?

A lot of people take a beat on that question.

Well, wait a second.

That's a good question.

Let me think about that.

Right.

We become so alienated from our actual skilled labor that it's almost a difficult ask to figure out what is it that we do that's valuable.

But what I recommend is take some time to do essentially like a journalistic investigation on your own job.

Actually, like, look at your job like you're a business journalist.

Well, what do we do as a company?

What does this team do?

Of the things I've been involved with, what are the things that move the needle?

Like, what are the things that, like, helps this team or company be more successful, bring in more value?

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