“ The satisfactions of manifesting oneself concretely in the world through manual competence have been known to make a man quiet and easy, explains Matthew Crawford. Cal Newport
“ The rapid rise of communication and collaboration technologies has transformed many other formerly local markets into a similarly universal bazaar. The small company looking for a computer programmer… Cal Newport
“ The pianist Glenn Gould once proposed a mathematical formula for this cycle, telling a journalist: I’ve always had a sort of intuition that for every hour you spend with other human beings you need X… Cal Newport
“ The insights of Rule #2 fundamentally changed the way I approach my work. If I had to describe my previous way of thinking, I would probably use the phrase productivity-centric. Getting things done wa… Cal Newport
“ The implication of these findings is clear. In work (and especially knowledge work), to increase the time you spend in a state of depth is to leverage the complex machinery of the human brain in a way… Cal Newport
“ The goal of productive meditation is to take a period in which you’re occupied physically but not mentally—walking, jogging, driving, showering—and focus your attention on a single well-defined profes… Cal Newport
“ The first thing I do is take a final look at my e-mail inbox to ensure that there’s nothing requiring an urgent response before the day ends. The next thing I do is transfer any new tasks that are on… Cal Newport
“ The art of mission, we can conclude, asks us to suppress the most grandiose of our work instincts and instead adopt the patience Cal Newport
“ The alternative, to not embrace all things Internet, is, as Postman would say, invisible and therefore irrelevant. Cal Newport
“ The ability to perform deep work is becoming increasingly rare at exactly the same time it is becoming increasingly valuable in our economy. As a consequence, the few who cultivate this skill, and the… Cal Newport
“ The Principle of Least Resistance, protected from scrutiny by the metric black hole, supports work cultures that save us from the short-term discomfort of concentration and planning, at the expense of… Cal Newport
“ The Law of Financial Viability When deciding whether to follow an appealing pursuit that will introduce more control into your work life, seek evidence of whether people are willing to pay for it. If… Cal Newport
“ The Deep Work Hypothesis: The ability to perform deep work is becoming increasingly rare at exactly the same time it is becoming increasingly valuable in our economy. As a consequence, the few who cul… Cal Newport
“ Take book writing: If I published a book of solid advice for helping recent graduates transition to the job market, you might find this a useful contribution, but probably wouldn’t find yourself whipp… Cal Newport
“ Solitude requires you to move past reacting to information created by other people and focus instead on your own thoughts and experiences—wherever you happen to Cal Newport
“ Returning to my own example, it’s a similar commitment that enables me to succeed with fixed scheduling. I, too, am incredibly cautious about my use of the most dangerous word in one’s productivity vo… Cal Newport
“ Professorial E-mail Sorting: Do not reply to an e-mail message if any of the following applies: It’s ambiguous or otherwise makes it hard for you to generate a reasonable response. It’s not a question… Cal Newport
“ People ask me how I funded my business, he said. I tell them first I sold one CD, which gave me enough money to sell two. It grew from there. Cal Newport
“ Pardis Sabeti thought small by focusing patiently for years on a narrow niche (the genetics of diseases in Africa), but then acting big once she acquired enough capital to identify a mission (using co… Cal Newport
