“I’ll call this output-centric approach to work the craftsman mindset. My” — Cal Newport Copy Share Image
“there’s something liberating about the craftsman mindset: It asks you to leave behind self-centered concerns about whether your job is “just right,”… — Cal Newport Copy Share Image
“If you want to love what you do, abandon the passion mindset (“what can the world offer me?”) and instead adopt the… — Cal Newport Copy Share Image
“Mike Jackson leveraged the craftsman mindset to do whatever he did really well, thus ensuring that he came away from each experience… — Cal Newport Copy Share Image
“regardless of how you feel about your job right now, adopting the craftsman mindset will be the foundation on which you’ll build… — Cal Newport Copy Share Image
“Irrespective of what type of work you do, the craftsman mindset is crucial for building a career you love. Before” — Cal Newport Copy Share Image
“THREE DISQUALIFIERS FOR APPLYING THE CRAFTSMAN MINDSET The job presents few opportunities to distinguish yourself by developing relevant skills that are rare… — Cal Newport Copy Share Image
“the importance of ability. The things that make a great job great, I discovered, are rare and valuable. If you want them in your… — Cal Newport Copy Share Image
“many software companies now deploy the Scrum project management methodology, which replaces a lot of this ad hoc messaging with regular, highly structured, and… — Cal Newport Copy Share Image
“when paying more than $1,000 a day to write the chapter in a suite of an old hotel down the street from a Hogwarts-style… — Cal Newport Copy Share Image
“When deciding whether to follow an appealing pursuit that will introduce more control into your work life, seek evidence of whether people are willing… — Cal Newport Copy Share Image
“Let your mind become a lens, thanks to the converging rays of attention; let your soul be all intent on whatever it is that… — Cal Newport Copy Share Image
“study by Harvard Business School professor Leslie Perlow. In this study, a group of management consultants were asked to disconnect for a full day… — Cal Newport Copy Share Image
“if it’s rare and valuable, it’s not easy to get. This insight brought me into the world of performance science, where I encountered the… — Cal Newport Copy Share Image
“Here’s the routine: Once a week I require myself to summarize in my “bible” a paper I think might be relevant to my research.… — Cal Newport Copy Share Image
“the journalist philosophy. This name is a nod to the fact that journalists, like Walter Isaacson, are trained to shift into a writing mode… — Cal Newport Copy Share Image
“Not long into his 2010 TED talk on creativity and leadership, Derek Sivers plays a video clip of a crowd at an outdoor concert.… — Cal Newport Copy Share Image
“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… — Cal Newport Copy Share Image
