If you’re not focusing on becoming so good they can’t ignore you, you’re going to be left behind. - Cal Newport

Giving students iPads or allowing them to film homework assignments on YouTube prepares them for a high-tech economy about as much as playing with Hot Wheels would prepare them to thrive as auto mechanics.

We instead find ourselves in distracting open offices where inboxes cannot be neglected and meetings are incessant — a setting where colleagues would rather you respond quickly to their latest e-mail than produce the best possible results.

Deliberate practice is often the opposite of enjoyable.