Quote by Cal Newport Download Open image ““The 4 Disciplines of Execution,”” — Cal Newport ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5.0 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare
Execution is a systematic process of rigorously discussing hows and whats, tenaciously following through, and ensuring accountability. — Lawrence Bossidy Copy Share Image
[D]iscipline consists in this, that the men who undergo the instruction and have followed it for a certain time are completely deprived of everything… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
The goal is justice, not executions. We all want to make sure the process is fair and that the right person is punished. These… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Idealists and reformers all become executioners in their turn. The road to utopia ends with the steps of the scaffold, the endless moment of… — Grant Morrison Copy Share Image
“We live in a world where one needs to choose - to be the victim or the executioner, and nothing else.” — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
“...it is contrary to reason and experience to suppose that there can be any real check to brutality, consistent with leaving the victim still… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“Which executioner is the more humane, he who kills you in a few minutes or he who drags the life out of you in… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
“Discipline is aimed at formation for a specific end, and that end is determined by our founding narrative.” — James K.A. Smith Copy Share Image
There is one appointed supreme executioner. Truly, trying to take the place of the supreme executioner is like trying to carve wood like a… — Laozi Copy Share Image
It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners. — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
“When one’s mind is qualitative, organized and disciplined, whatever one does will also be equally meritorious. Discipline,” — Rajendra B. Aklekar 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