Epistafi

“Without hardship, how can we ever know how strong we truly are?”
― Laura Anthony, The Women on Platform Two

“When we step back from these individual observations, we see a clear argument form: To produce at your peak level you need to work for extended periods with full concentration on a single task free from distraction. Put another way, the type of work that optimizes your performance is deep work. If you’re not comfortable going deep for extended periods of time, it’ll be difficult to get your performance to the peak levels of quality and quantity increasingly necessary to thrive professionally. Unless your talent and skills absolutely dwarf those of your competition, the deep workers among them will outproduce you. What”
― Cal Newport, Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

“That our greatest dreams and our
deepest fears may coexist, and the existence of one does not negate or lessen the other.”
― Brianna Wiest, The Pivot Year