Cal Newport

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

It's like you're writing a business advice book about your specific job.

You should have that mindset.

I'm going out there to investigate what good means in this position.

Where am I trying to get?

What are the examples I'm going towards?

Develop that sense of taste so you know where you're aiming your efforts.

Also, typically before you get to the new thing, you're doing a lot of standard things well.

Right.

You don't often start with I have this brand new thing I'm going to do from scratch.

It's like I'm going to learn how to do the basic things well.

I'm going to learn, OK, at this level of my job, well means like the reports I produce are well researched.

They answer the questions that people have.

They're formatted really nice.

There's no mistakes.

OK, now I know what that means.

OK, now at the next level of my job, here's what I'm working on.

It's usually a few steps into that.

before you get to this territory of I'm doing something really new.

And when you're doing something really new and innovative, almost always that idea is going to be found in Stuart Kaufman called this the adjacent possible.

The adjacent possible that's just beyond the cutting edge in that field.

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