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Like a muscle that gets stronger with use, the brain changes itself when you struggle to master a new challenge. In fact, there’s never a time in life when the brain is completely ‘fixed’.
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When we get too good at something, we can quickly find ourselves lulled back into autopilot mode… in short, we fail to thrive.
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To remain valuable in our economy… you must master the art of quickly learning complicated things. This task requires deep work.
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…because these technologies change rapidly, this process of mastering hard things never ends: You must be able to do it quickly, again and again.
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Deep work is at a severe disadvantage in a technopoly because it builds on values like quality, craftsmanship, and mastery that are decidedly old-fashiong and nontechnological.
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The masters of manipulation are children… they will often prey upon our tendency to feel guilty.
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…giving is an acquired skill that few of us have mastered. These components are tied together and require a great deal of practice to achieve.
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A startup is a large endeavor over which you can have definite mastery.
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Whenever possible, reports should be drawn directly from the master data, rather than from an intermediate system, which reduces opportunities for error.
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The best way to achieve mastery of and explore…
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