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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So what you got to do is just like really work and practice until you can produce something that matches your definition of good.

And I say, well, wait a second.

No, first things first, you should work on understanding what good is.

Like, what does it mean?

You have to really understand movies before you can make a really good movie.

You have to know why you love these movies before you can make a movie that's going to be really good.

You got to start with your taste, which means you have to actually investigate your own job like you're a journalist.

What's important in this job?

Who does this really well?

Why is the stuff they do considered good?

And you have to investigate.

And this might actually mean practically taking people out for coffee.

Like, I really want to talk to you.

You moved up fast in this company.

So what is it?

Oh, it's this thing you do.

Okay.

What's the difference between how you do that and how other people do that who are not moving up as fast?

Oh, so this is what matters here.

What are the things that other people spend a lot of time on that you've learned don't really matter for this position?

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