The world without email referenced in the title of this book, therefore, is not a place in which protocols like SMTP and POP3 are banished. It is, ho… - Cal Newport

Think Small, Act Big.” It’s in this understanding of career capital and its role in mission that we get our explanation for this title. Advancing to the cutting edge in a field is an act of “small” thinking, requiring you to focus on a narrow collection of subjects for a potentially long time. Once you get to the cutting edge, however, and discover a mission in the adjacent possible, you must go after it with zeal: a “big” action.

The things that make a great job great...are rare and valuable. If you want them in your working life, you need something rare and valuable to offer in return In other words, you need to be good at something before you can expect to get a good job.

Who you are, what you think, feel, and do, what you love — is the sum of what you focus on.” In