the differences between expert performers and normal adults reflect a life-long period of deliberate effort to improve performance in a specific doma… - Cal Newport

The curmudgeons among us are vaguely uneasy about the attention people pay to their phones, and pine for the days of unhurried concentration, while the digital hipsters equate such nostalgia with Luddism and boredom, and believe that increased connection is the foundation for a utopian future.

The more you try to do, the less you actually accomplish.” They elaborate that execution should be aimed at a small number of “wildly important goals.” This

continuous and harsh feedback he received accelerated the growth of his ability.