Do Fewer Things, Do Them Well - A Room of My Own
Nobody performs well when stretched in a half dozen directions
3-2-1: When to be patient, why we procrastinate, and the importance of early attempts
There’s a romance to focusing on a single pursuit, but this level of simplicity is typically accessible only to the most purely creative fields—Hemingway at Key West, banging out his morning pages on his Corona typewriter. Two or three missions are more tractable and still quite minimalist.
Cal Newport • Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
“You’ll probably surprise yourself with what you can accomplish—if you’re focused on one thing.
You’ll probably frustrate yourself with what you fail to accomplish—if you’re doing 5 or 7 or 10 things.
Nobody performs well when stretched in a half dozen directions.”
You’ll probably frustrate yourself with what you fail to accomplish—if you’re doing 5 or 7 or 10 things.
Nobody performs well when stretched in a half dozen directions.”