Focus Quote by Cal Newport

“To produce at your peak level you need to work for extended periods with full concentration on a single task free from distraction.”

— Cal Newport

“Deep Work: Professional activities performed in a state of distraction-free concentration that push your cognitive capabilities to their limit. These efforts create new value,…

— Cal Newport

“Your time, energy and resources will get used no matter how well you focus them. By choosing to focus properly, you get the highest…

— The Angel Affect

“By giving yourself less time, you'll work faster, concentrate more intensely, and perform at peak efficiency.”

— Mani S. Sivasubramanian

I am fairly concise when I work and I work quickly because I think work is done better in a high gear than done…

— Twyla Tharp

“The ability to perform deep work is becoming increasingly rare at exactly the same time it is becoming increasingly valuable in our economy. As…

— Cal Newport

There are two synergistic approaches for increasing productivity that are inversions of each other: 1. Limit tasks to the important to shorten work time…

— Anonymous

“argue that his approach to batching helps explain this paradox. In particular, by consolidating his work into intense and uninterrupted pulses, he’s leveraging the…

— Cal Newport

Secret to productivity is not finding more time to do more stuff, but finding the strength to do less of the stuff that doesnt…

— David Heinemeier Hansson

“One of the most important tricks for maximizing your productivity involves matching your mental state to the task.”

— Scott Adams

“The key to developing a deep work habit is to move beyond good intentions and add routines and rituals to your working life designed…

— Cal Newport

Once you get into the habit of work, you can be more productive in the things you want to do.

— Adrian Grenier