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“If you go after more control in your working life without a rare and valuable skill to offer in return, you’re likely pursuing a mirage.”
― Cal Newport, So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love

“Doing things we know how to do well is enjoyable, and that’s exactly the opposite of what deliberate practice demands…. Deliberate practice is above all an effort of focus and concentration. That is what makes it “deliberate,” as distinct from the mindless playing of scales or hitting of tennis balls that most people engage in.”
― Cal Newport, So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love

“I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened.
MARK TWAIN”
― Michael Bungay Stanier, Do More Great Work: Stop the Busywork. Start the Work That Matters.

“powerful aspect of abstraction is that many different situations become the same when you forget some details.”
― Eugenia Cheng, The Art of Logic in an Illogical World