Doing things we know how to do well is enjoyable, and that’s exactly the opposite of what deliberate practice demands…. - Cal Newport

Much as is observed in actual natural settings, in the informal process workplace, dominance hierarchies emerge. If you’re brash and disagreeable, or are a favorite of the boss, you can, like the strongest lion in the pride, avoid work you don’t like by staring down those who try to pass it off to you, ignoring their messages, or claiming overload. On the other hand, if you’re more reasonable and agreeable, you’ll end up overloaded with more work than makes sense for one person to handle. These setups are both demoralizing and a staggeringly inefficient deployment of attention capital. But without a countervailing force, these hierarchies are often unavoidable.

three crucial benefits provided by solitude: “new ideas; an understanding of the self; and closeness to others.

This philosophy rejects busyness, seeing overload as an obstacle to producing results that matter, not a badge of pride.