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One of the very worst uses of time is to do something very well that need not be done at all.
“I’ve become convinced that what you need instead is a full-fledged philosophy of technology use, rooted in your deep values, that provides clear answers to the questions of what tools you should use and how you should use them and, equally important, enables you to confidently ignore everything else.”
― Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
― Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
“Or perhaps you’ve tethered your self-esteem to the most crazy-making standard of all, ‘realizing your potential’ – which means you’ll never get to rest, because how can you ever be sure there’s not a little more potential left to realize?”
― Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts
― Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts
“Work is not just about getting things done; it’s a collection of messy human personalities trying to figure out how to successfully collaborate.”
― A World Without Email: Reimagining Work in an Age of Communication Overload
― A World Without Email: Reimagining Work in an Age of Communication Overload
“am greedy for change, and I bear it well; this is my temperament. Yet, in that moment, the loss felt unbearable. How could there be any history at all; how could humans, in any form, go on; without any birds in the sky?”
― Moonbound
― Moonbound
“As Johnson explained to me, it takes time to figure out how best to structure the crazy inputs and interaction that surround most work processes. He’s diligent in making sure that everyone keeps prioritizing this. “You need time away from inputs to figure out how best to systematize those inputs,” he explained.”
― A World Without Email: Reimagining Work in an Age of Communication Overload
― A World Without Email: Reimagining Work in an Age of Communication Overload
Stead’s 2024 Year in Books
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