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“For many, there’s a comfort in the artificial busyness of rapid e-mail messaging and social media posturing, while the deep life demands that you leave much of that behind. There’s also an uneasiness that surrounds any effort to produce the best things you’re capable of producing, as this forces you to confront the possibility that your best is not (yet) that good. It’s safer to comment on our culture than to step into the Rooseveltian ring and attempt to wrestle it into something better.”

Book:Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

Source: Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

“The world of cognitive work lacks coherent ideas about how our efforts should be organized and measured.”

Work Effort Productivity Knowledge Work Measuring Success Cognitive Work

Book:Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

Source: Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

“A better strategy for shifting other’s expectations about your work is to consistently deliver what you promise instead of consistently explaining how you’re working.”

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Book:A World Without Email: Reimagining Work in an Age of Communication Overload

Source: A World Without Email: Reimagining Work in an Age of Communication Overload