Without this patient willingness to reject shiny new pursuits, you’ll derail your efforts before you acquire the capital you need. - Cal Newport

I argue that his approach to batching helps explain this paradox. In particular, by consolidating his work into intense and uninterrupted pulses, he’s leveraging the following law of productivity: High-Quality Work Produced = (Time Spent) x (Intensity of Focus)

Money is a neutral indicator of value. By aiming to make money, you're aiming to be valuable.

This, ultimately, is the lesson to come away with from our brief foray into the world of experimental psychology: To build your working life around the experience of flow produced by deep work is a proven path to deep satisfaction.