“Technopoly eliminates alternatives to itself in precisely the way Aldous Huxley outlined in Brave New World,” he argued in his 1993 book… — Cal Newport Copy Share Image
“Postman argued that our society was sliding into a troubling relationship with technology. We were, he noted, no longer discussing the trade-offs… — Cal Newport Copy Share Image
“Beautiful code is short and concise, so if you were to give that code to another programmer they would say, “oh, that’s… — Cal Newport Copy Share Image
“We no longer see Internet tools as products released by for-profit companies, funded by investors hoping to make a return, and run… — Cal Newport Copy Share Image
“If a young Steve Jobs had taken his own advice and decided to only pursue work he loved, we would probably find… — Cal Newport Copy Share Image
“the months leading up to the start of his visionary company, Steve Jobs was something of a conflicted young man, seeking spiritual… — Cal Newport Copy Share Image
“We like to think of innovation as striking us in a stunning eureka moment, where you all at once change the way… — Cal Newport Copy Share Image
“Deep work is at a severe disadvantage in a technopoly because it builds on values like quality, craftsmanship, and mastery that are… — Cal Newport Copy Share Image
“TRAITS THAT DEFINE GREAT WORK Creativity: Ira Glass, for example, is pushing the boundaries of radio, and winning armfuls of awards in… — 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
