“If you want to love what you do, abandon the passion mindset (“what can the world offer me?”) and instead adopt the craftsman mindset (“what can I offer the world?”).”
― So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love
― So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love
“Clarity about what matters provides clarity about what does not.”
― Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
― Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
“The curious mind embraces science; the gifted and sensitive, the arts; the practical, business; the leftover becomes an economist”
― The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
― The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
“We need a revolution in academia, with every social science attempting to
understand the causes of happiness.”
― Happiness: Lessons from a New Science
understand the causes of happiness.”
― Happiness: Lessons from a New Science
“If you don’t produce, you won’t thrive—no matter how skilled or talented you are.”
― Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
― Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
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