Cal Newport

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23,606 appearances 41 recordings 5 series first heard Oct 2025 last heard 6d ago

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Deep Questions with Cal Newport · The AI Resistance is Forming. (Should You Join?) · 14 Sep 2026 podcast

I want to add a wrinkle to it as well, though, because you were saying if you're bad at something, well, it'll bring up your performance because average is better than bad. podcast-host

But that also leaves out the reality that how do you get good at something? podcast-host

You have to get your own skill to average on route to getting good. podcast-host

So actually, who's going to be bad at something? podcast-host

I'll give an example. podcast-host

Someone who's entry-level in a job. podcast-host

Most things they're new at. podcast-host

They're not super valuable yet to the company. podcast-host

And my advice has always been to people in entry-level jobs. podcast-host

Don't think about, is this my passion or do I like this or what? podcast-host

You got to think about, I got like a two-year window here to make myself indispensable, at least in some areas. podcast-host

And the only way to do that is to struggle, deliberate practice. podcast-host

I struggle at something. podcast-host

I'm not very good at it. podcast-host

The next time, a little bit better. podcast-host

Next time, a little bit better. podcast-host

I keep doing that until I'm indispensable at that. podcast-host

And now I have leverage to move up. podcast-host

So even just going from bad to average is not nothing, right? podcast-host

Because productive struggle podcast-host

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