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Cal Newport • Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
Character and behavior are inextricable.
Scott Galloway • The Algebra of Wealth: A Simple Formula for Success
The Moviegoer, Walker Percy’s first book, came only after he’d conquered his almost teenage indolence and existential crisis, which lasted alarmingly into his forties.
Ryan Holiday • Ego is the Enemy: The Fight to Master Our Greatest Opponent
“it is but fair to presume that a man knows his own name.”
Doris Kearns Goodwin • Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
For the drama to deepen, we must see the loneliness of the monster and the cunning of the innocent. Above all, it is the narrator who must complicate in order that the subject be given life.
Vivian Gornick • The Situation and the Story: The Art of Personal Narrative
His gallantry reliably extends to whatever is disadvantaged, homely, long-suffering, foreign or feminine. Kind to stragglers and also-rans, to well-meaning duds and worthies, and correspondingly cautious in his praise of acknowledged stars and masters, Updike’s view of twentieth-century literature is a levelling one. Talent, like life, should be av
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Ned Hallowell • Driven to Distraction at Work: How to Focus and Be More Productive
f I may offer you a simple maxim, "Be interesting," Everyone wants to be interesting -- but the vitalizing thing is to be interested. Keep a sense of curiosity. Discover new things. Care. Risk failure. Reach out.
John Gardner • Personal Renewal
My advice is, never stop battling for the survival of your own unique stamp. An editor can contribute a lot to your thoughts but the piece is yours—and ought to be yours—if it is under your name.