“ Missions are hard. By this point in my quest, however, I had become comfortable with hard, and I hope that if you’ve made it this far in the book, you have gained this comfort as well. Hardness scares… Cal Newport
“ Let’s begin with the first ability. To start, we must remember that we’ve been spoiled by the intuitive and drop-dead-simple user experience of many consumer-facing technologies, like Twitter and the… Cal Newport
“ Kirk’s path to American Treasures was incremental. He didn’t decide out of nowhere that he wanted to host a television show and then work backward to make that dream a reality. Instead, he worked forw… Cal Newport
“ Jim Clark was interviewed at an event held at Stanford University. At some point in the interview, the topic turned to social media. Clark’s reaction was unexpected given his high-tech background: I j… Cal Newport
“ It follows that to embrace deep work in your own career, and to direct it toward cultivating your skill, is an effort that can transform a knowledge work job from a distracted, draining obligation int… Cal Newport
“ Inspired by these meetings, Franklin created a scheme in which the Junto members would contribute funds toward buying books that all members could use. This model soon grew beyond Franklin’s Friday ev… Cal Newport
“ In which I argue that a mission chosen before you have relevant career capital is not likely to be sustainable. Mission Cal Newport
“ In the movies there’s this idea that you should just go for your dream, Glass tells them. But I don’t believe that. Things happen in stages. Glass emphasizes that it takes time to get good at anything… Cal Newport
“ In my experience, the key to sustained success with this philosophy is accepting that it's not really about technology, but is instead more about the quality of your life. The more you experiment with… Cal Newport
“ In all of these examples, it’s not just the change of environment or seeking of quiet that enables more depth. The dominant force is the psychology of committing so seriously to the task at hand. To p… Cal Newport
“ In Wrzesniewski’s research, the happiest, most passionate employees are not those who followed their passion into a position, but instead those who have been around long enough to become good at what… Cal Newport
“ In Morozov’s critique, we’ve made the Internet synonymous with the revolutionary future of business and government. To make your company more like the Internet is to be with the times, and to ignore t… Cal Newport
“ If you’re wearing headphones, or monitoring a text message chain, or, God forbid, narrating the stroll on Instagram—you’re not really walking, and therefore you’re not going to experience this practic… Cal Newport
“ If you spend too much time focusing on whether or not you’ve found your true calling, the question will be rendered moot when you find yourself out of work. Cal Newport
“ I follow a rule with my life that if something is scary, do it. I’ve lived everywhere in America, and for me, a big scary thing was living outside the country. Cal Newport
“ I do all my work by hand and use tools that multiply my force without limiting my creativity or interaction with the material, Cal Newport
“ Every week, I expose myself to something new about my field. I can read a paper, attend a talk, or schedule a meeting. To ensure that I really understand the new idea, I require myself to add a summar… Cal Newport
“ 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 that athletes must take care of their bodies outside of the… Cal Newport
