“ A good process-centric message immediately closes the loop with respect to the project at hand. When a project is initiated by an e-mail that you send or receive, it squats in your mental landscape—be… Cal Newport
“ When it comes to creating work you love, following your passion is not particularly useful advice. Cal Newport
“ We have now seen two strands of thought—one about the increasing scarcity of deep work and the other about its increasing value—which we can combine into the idea that provides the foundation for ever… Cal Newport
“ Very few people work even 8 hours a day. You’re lucky if you get a few good hours in between all the meetings, interruptions, web surfing, office politics, and personal business that permeate the typi… Cal Newport
“ Two Core Abilities for Thrivingin the New Economy The ability to quickly master hard things. The ability to produce at an elite level, in terms of both quality and speed. Cal Newport
“ To leave the distracted masses to join the focused few, I’m arguing, is a transformative experience. Cal Newport
“ This focus on stretching your ability and receiving immediate feedback provides the core of a more universal principle—one that I increasingly came to believe provides the key to successfully acquirin… Cal Newport
“ These e-mails take the sender only a handful of seconds to write but can command many minutes (if not hours, in some cases) of time and attention from their recipients to work toward a coherent respon… Cal Newport
“ There is, however, an important corollary to this idea: Efforts to deepen your focus will struggle if you don’t simultaneously wean your mind from a dependence on distraction. Much in the same way tha… Cal Newport
“ Their plans were circumspect and small-time. They weren’t dreaming of taking over the world. Cal Newport
“ The purpose of the deep work chamber is to allow for total focus and uninterrupted work flow, Dewane explains. He imagines a process in which you spend ninety minutes inside, take a ninety-minute brea… Cal Newport
“ Summary of Rule #4 The core idea of this book is simple: To construct work you love, you must first build career capital by mastering rare and valuable skills, and then cash in this capital for the ty… Cal Newport
“ Personal Goal: To maintain close and rewarding friendships with a group of people who are important to me. Key Activities Supporting This Goal: 1. Regularly take the time for meaningful connection w… Cal Newport
“ People have the need to put their hands on tools and to make things. We need this in order to feel whole. As Rogowski explains: Long ago we learned to think by using our hands, not the other way aroun… Cal Newport
“ Once we view these personal technology processes through the perspective of diminishing returns, we’ll gain the precise vocabulary we need to understand the validity of the second principle of minimal… Cal Newport
“ Most knowledge workers, however, as I argued earlier in this introduction, have lost their ability to perform deep work. Cal Newport
“ Just because you cannot avoid this tool altogether doesn’t mean you have to cede all authority over its role in your mental landscape Cal Newport
“ It’s as if our species has evolved into one that flourishes in depth and wallows in shallowness, becoming what we might call Homo sapiens deepensis. Cal Newport
“ It was time for Morse to make his first major demonstration of his invention. All he needed was an inaugural message. Based on a suggestion from the daughter of the patent commissioner who had support… Cal Newport
