15 Quotes by Brad Stulberg

In every field that's been studied from wine tasting to financial investing, when it came to differentiating between top performers, experience was not the critical variable....experience and expertise do not necessarily go hand in hand.

Even seemingly trivial decisions deplete us.

More than half of white collar workers believe they have reached a breaking point. They simply can't handle any more information, and they report feeling demoralized as a result.

It isn't experience that sets top performers apart but the amount of deliberate practice they put in.

In every field that’s been studied from wine tasting to financial investing, when it came to differentiating between top performers, experience was not the critical variable... experience and expertise do not necessarily go hand in hand.

The take-home message wasn’t that the majority of these great performers did their best work at a certain time of day, or that there is an optimal hour for productivity. Rather, each individual figured out when they were most alert and focused, and designed their day accordingly. These individuals were optimizing around their respective chronotypes, which is the scientific term for the unique ebb and flow of energy that everyone experiences over the course of 24 hours.

Scientists have discovered that the more we resist temptation, think deeply, or focus intensely, the better we become at doing.

The process of setting a goal on the outer boundaries of what we think is possible, and then systematically pursuing it, is one of the most fulfilling parts about being human. It’s also a good thing that we want to take our game to the next level because, more than ever, we have no other choice. The.

The good news is that just like the body, by stressing and allowing the mind to recover it also becomes stronger. Scientists have discovered that the more we resist temptation, think deeply, or focus intensely, the better we become at doing so.