Menatallah

“In all of these examples, it’s not just the change of environment or seeking of quiet that enables more depth. The dominant force is the psychology of committing so seriously to the task at hand. To put yourself in an exotic location to focus on a writing project, or to take a week off from work just to think, or to lock yourself in a hotel room until you complete an important invention: These gestures push your deep goal to a level of mental priority that helps unlock the needed mental resources. Sometimes to go deep, you must first go big.”
― Cal Newport, Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

“فليت الذي بيني وبينك عامرا
وبيني وبين العالمين خــراب”
― ابو فراس الحمداني

“Another issue muddying the connection between depth and meaning in knowledge work is the cacophony of voices attempting to convince knowledge workers to spend more time engaged in shallow activities.”
― Cal Newport, Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

“The thesis of this final chapter in part one therefore is that "a deep life is not just economically lucrative but also a life well lived”
― Cal Newport, Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World