172 Quotes by Cal Newport

The sugar high of convenience is fleeting and the sting of missing out dulls rapidly, but the meaningful glow that comes from taking charge of what claims your time and attention is something that persists.

A job... is a way to pay the bills, a career is a path towards increasingly better work, and a calling is work that’s an important part of your life and a vital part of your identity.

Se tan bueno que no puedan ignorarte.

We didn’t sign up for the digital lives we now lead. They were instead, to a large extent, crafted in boardrooms to serve the interests of a select group of technology investors.

If you service low-impact activities, therefore, you’re taking away time you could be spending on higher-impact activities. It’s a zero-sum game.

Basic economic theory tells us that if you want something that’s both rare and valuable, you need something rare and valuable to offer in return – this is Supply and Demand 101.

He asks us to treat the minutes of our life as a concrete and valuable substance – arguably the most valuable substance we possess – and to always reckon with how much of this life we trade for the various activities we allow to claim our time.

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,” and one traveler chose the path to mastery while the other was called toward passion’s glow.

Deep work is necessary to wring every last drop of value out of your current intellectual capacity.