Ability Quote by Kevin Drum

“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

Workaholics are addicted to activity; super achievers are committed to results.

— Charles Garfield

As time goes on and you become more comfortable in your career path, and things are starting to make sense, and it's not just…

— George Clooney

Overstraining is the enemy of accomplishment. Calm strength that arises from a deep and inexhaustible source is what brings success.

— Rabindranath Tagore

“Your ability to sustain focus depends on how enjoyable and productive it is.”

— Mani S. Sivasubramanian

When you focus on life, on enjoying and connecting with other people, that's when work comes. When you focus on work, you can never…

— Alia Shawkat

People who underestimate their capabilities also bear costs, although, as already noted, these are more likely to take self-limiting rather than aversive forms. By…

— Albert Bandura

“Being overwhelmed is often as unproductive as doing nothing, and is far more unpleasant. Being selective—doing less—is the path of the productive.”

— Timothy Ferriss

How could any entrepreneur, confronted by such amazing opportunities to help transform the world and to do so with such extraordinary colleagues, be tempted…

— Bill Drayton

There is undoubtedly a lot of pressure that comes with recognition, which can be a good thing and bad thing all at the same…

— Prabal Gurung

I like to think of myself as focused in work, but it probably comes across as obsessive.

— Ben Miller

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

— Cal Newport