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The war showed conclusively that, by the scientific organization of production, it is possible to keep modern populations in fair comfort on a small part of the working capacity of the modern world.
“If you tend to … procrastinate jump from one activity to another without finishing any have trouble keeping workspaces or homes neat and organized forget to do things you’ve promised find yourself chronically running late lose your cool when people don’t behave the way you think they should struggle to come up with Plan B when things don’t go the way you thought they would fritter away your time when you know there’s work to be done”
― The Smart but Scattered Guide to Success: How to Use Your Brain's Executive Skills to Keep Up, Stay Calm, and Get Organized at Work and at Home
― The Smart but Scattered Guide to Success: How to Use Your Brain's Executive Skills to Keep Up, Stay Calm, and Get Organized at Work and at Home
“The best job a concert pianist can get nowadays is trader for Citibank. It pays very well.”
― The Trading Game: A Confession
― The Trading Game: A Confession
“Poor people have big TVs, rich people have big libraries.”
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“If you instead remain one of the many for whom depth is uncomfortable and distraction ubiquitous, you shouldn’t expect these systems and skills to come easily to you.”
― Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
― Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
“Since digital resources began to develop new models of selling, a great deal of ingenuity has been invested in trying to replicate the experience of browsing. The results are impressive, if a little creepy, in the recommendations by association in both the search results (‘if you bought this, you may also like this’) and the micro-targeted paid advertising. But what if we want something different, rather than more of the same? What if we do not know that we want something different, but a chance encounter sparks our interests? Digital has not found a way either to replicate this unplanned event”
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