Communication Quote by Cal Newport

“the average knowledge worker opens his or her email program fifty times a day and uses instant messaging seventy-seven times a day.”

— Chris Bailey

“Busyness as Proxy for Productivity: In the absence of clear indicators of what it means to be productive and valuable in their jobs, many…

— Cal Newport

I find I use the Internet more and more. It's just an invaluable tool. I do most of my research on the Net now…

— Nora Roberts

I don't tend to use technology all that much. Of course, I can't avoid it - it's called the telephone nowadays. And I do…

— Melissa Leo

I won't deny that I have a far more productive writing life without the Internet, mostly because I rekindle my ability to concentrate on…

— Heidi Julavits

Another study, of 38,000 knowledge workers across different sectors, found that the simple act of being interrupted is one of the biggest barriers to…

— Susan Cain

“as we shift to an information economy, more and more of our population are knowledge workers, and deep work is becoming a key currency—even…

— Cal Newport

“The best predictor of how much work a knowledge worker will accomplish is not the hours that he or she spends, but the days.…

— Tom DeMarco

Not using social media in the workplace, in fact, is starting to make about as much sense as not using the phone or email.

— Ryan Holmes

I don't even have a computer in my office. If I had e-mail, I'd never take the time to read research or absorb information.…

— John W. Rogers, Jr

“In Information Overload: We Have Met the Enemy and He Is Us,* the authors state that distractions consume an average of 2.1 hours per day.”

— Jill Konrath

The internet has spawned people for whom knowingness is more important than knowledge. It equips you with the illusion of offering knowledge instantly -…

— Pankaj Mishra