“whole powerful city, more extensive than London—resembles, except for the better residential areas, a human being with his skin removed,”


“A 2011 study of 85,000 actions by 345 e-mail users found that people who create complex folders are less efficient in finding what they need than those who simply use search or threading.)”
― High Performance Habits: How Extraordinary People Become That Way
― High Performance Habits: How Extraordinary People Become That Way

“Decide what you want. Determine the Five Major Moves that will help you leap toward that goal. Do deep work on each of the major five moves—at least 60 percent of your workweek going to these efforts—until they are complete. Designate all else as distraction, tasks to delegate, or things to do in blocks of time you’ve allocated in the remaining 40 percent of your time.”
― High Performance Habits: How Extraordinary People Become That Way
― High Performance Habits: How Extraordinary People Become That Way

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