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Bird by Bird (Anne Lamott)


The idea of spending entire days in someone else's office doing someone else's work did not suit my father's soul.
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The real payoff is the writing itself, a day when you have gotten your work done. The total dedication is the point.
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So Good They Can't Ignore You (Cal Newport)


In most types of work--that is, work that doesn't have a clear training philosophy--most people are stuck. The knowledge-worker field is without clear training philosophies. If you can figure out how to integrate deliberate practice into your own life, you have the possibility of blowing past your peers in hour value, as you'll likely be alone in your dedication to systematically getting better.
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