Cal Newport
American computer scientist and author, born 1982
15 quotes.
Quotes by Cal Newport
- Busyness doesn’t produce high value.
- Clarity about what matters provides clarity about what does not.
- Do fewer things, work at a natural pace, and obsess over quality.
- If you’re not uncomfortable, then you’re probably stuck at an “acceptable level.”
- No one ever changed the world, created a new industry, or amassed a fortune due to their fast email response time.
- Start small and start immediately.
- The ability to concentrate is a skill that must be trained.
- The ability to focus is becoming the scarcest commodity of the 21st century.
- The ability to focus without distraction is a superpower in the age of distraction.
- The cost of distraction is deeper than lost time – it’s lost depth.
- The most valuable form of mastery isn’t knowledge but the ability to think and work independently.
- When you work, work hard. When you’re done, be done.
- Working on fewer things, but doing each thing with more quality and accountability, can be the foundation for significantly more productivity.
- You can’t be busy and frenetic and bouncing off the walls with 100 projects if you’re obsessed about doing something really well.
- You need to get good in order to get good things in your working life.