The future belongs to people who can think about a hard problem for more than 10 minutes without doing anything else.
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The future belongs to people who can think about a hard problem for more than 10 minutes without doing anything else.
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Hardness scares off the daydreamers and the timid, leaving more opportunity for those like us who are willing to take the time to carefully work out the best path forward and then confidently take action.
To remain valuable in our economy, therefore, you must master the art of quickly learning complicated things. This task requires deep work. If you don’t cultivate this ability, you’re likely to fall behind as technology advances.
Evidence suggests that to grapple with a difficult problem, we must first put hard, focused-mode effort into it.