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“Ideas come to us as the successors to griefs, and griefs, at the moment when they change into ideas, lose some part of their power to injure the heart.”
― The Cost of Living: A Working Autobiography
― The Cost of Living: A Working Autobiography
“[Great creative minds] think like artists but work like accountants.”
― Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
― Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
“Ironically, jobs are actually easier to enjoy than free time, because like flow activities they have built-in goals, feedback rules, and challenges, all of which encourage one to become involved in one’s work, to concentrate and lose oneself in it. Free time, on the other hand, is unstructured, and requires much greater effort to be shaped into something that can be enjoyed.”
― Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
― Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
“Be “unrealistic” when you set a goal, and then be realistic about how you will achieve that goal.”
― The Motivation Myth: How High Achievers Really Set Themselves Up to Win
― The Motivation Myth: How High Achievers Really Set Themselves Up to Win
“To produce at your peak level you need to work for extended periods with full concentration on a single task free from distraction. Put another way, the type of work that optimizes your performance is deep work.”
― Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
― Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
Siddharth Goel’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Siddharth Goel’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Romance and technology
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