Like fingers pointing to the moon, other diverse disciplines from anthropology to education, behavioral economics to family counseling, similarly sug… - Cal Newport

the skillful management of attention is the sine qua non of the good life and the key to improving virtually every aspect of your experience.

Optimize processes, he urged, not people.

Busyness as Proxy for Productivity: In the absence of clear indicators of what it means to be productive and valuable in their jobs, many knowledge workers turn back toward an industrial indicator of productivity: doing lots of stuff in a visible manner.

"After embracing minimalism, Dave reduced his persistent social media use down to only a single service, Instagram, which he felt offered significant benefits to his deep interest in art. In true minimalist fashion, however, Dave didn't settle for simply deciding to "use" Instagram; he instead thought hard about how best to integrate this tool into his life. [...] making the experience of checking his feed both fast & meaningful."