Before you sweat the logistics of focus: first, care. Care intensely.... Obsessing over the slipperiness of focus, bemoaning the volume of those devil "distractions," and constantly reassessing which shiny new "system" might make your life suddenly seem more sensible -… — Merlin Mann Copy Share Image
Go a little easier on yourself, and in so doing, be prepared to make and do things that might seem silly at first. Just keep moving: don't ruminate and stare at the wall. Don't just play with your phone: go… — Merlin Mann Copy Share Image
“Getting organized just means you’ve glued handles onto the various stuff in your life — you’ll still need to pick it up and carry… — Merlin Mann Copy Share Image
Personally, it's changed my game - it's how I think now. Can't imagine writing more than a paragraph in anything that doesn't do MMD. — Merlin Mann Copy Share Image
Where you allow your attention to go ultimately says more about you as a human being than anything that you put in your mission… — Merlin Mann Copy Share Image
Everything takes more time than you thought, everything costs more money than you thought, and almost everything turns out not quite as cool as… — Merlin Mann Copy Share Image
People with tiny glasses and costly shoes can always find a couple of hours to explain how you did it all wrong. — Merlin Mann Copy Share Image
Feeling creative produces great work in approximately the same way that "feeling like a doctor" makes you a gifted thoracic surgeon. — Merlin Mann Copy Share Image
Creative work only seems like a magic trick to people who don't understand that it's ultimately still work. — Merlin Mann Copy Share Image
Creative work, summarized: In the time you set aside each day to work your ass off, ignore anything that makes you consider stopping. — Merlin Mann Copy Share Image
If you need to appear on an internet list to know whether you're someone's friend, you may have problems a computer can't solve. — Merlin Mann Copy Share Image
You're gonna die. You're gonna die. And nobody's gonna care which version of the iPhone you used to make something on Twitter, or to… — Merlin Mann Copy Share Image
“Put plainer, my sense is that western culture would be a damn sight poorer today if John Lennon had been forced to carry a… — Merlin Mann Copy Share Image
