Cal Newport

Tim Ferriss once wrote: “Develop the habit of letting small bad things happen. If you don’t, you’ll never find time for the life-changing big things

“The key thing is to force yourself through the work, force the skills to come; that’s the hardest phase,”

a young Steve Jobs had taken his own advice and decided to only pursue work he loved, we would probably find him today as one of the Los Altos Zen Center’s most popular teachers. But

If a young Steve Jobs had taken his own advice and decided to only pursue work he loved, we would probably find him today as one of the Los Altos Zen Center’s most popular teachers

But he didn’t follow this simple advice.

Apple Computer was decidedly not born out of passion

The craftsman mindset offers clarity, while the passion mindset offers a swamp of ambiguous and unanswerable questions. As

there’s something liberating about the craftsman mindset: It asks you to leave behind self-centered concerns about whether your job is “just right,” and instead put your head down and plug away at getting really damn good

“The key thing is to force yourself through the work, force the skills to come; that’s the hardest phase,”

“The key thing is to force yourself through the work, force the skills to come; that’s the hardest phase,”