it has the three traits that make people love their work: impact, creativity, and control. - Cal Newport

To do it right, it is the most complicated thing I know how to make,” Furrer explains. “And it’s that challenge that drives me. I don’t need a sword. But I have to make them.

Stop focusing on these little details,” it told me. “Focus instead on becoming better.

The pseudo-worker looks and feels like someone who is working hard — he or she spends a long time in the library and is not afraid to push on late into the night — but, because of a lack of focus and concentration, doesn’t actually accomplish much.