Our readingWhat is a korrent?
Drawn from what Cal Newport said
ambition How much to take on and how hard to push: superlinear returns to effort, focus, slack time, and procrastination.
Mental modelLess, but better
These students recognize that they’ll ultimately be judged not by the sum of their contributions to diverse activities, but instead by the magnitude of their ability in the one thing they do best.
Where this was said
↗An Open Letter to Students on the Danger of Seeing School as a Trial to Survivecalnewport.com
All 3 korrents from this piecethis one is 2nd
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Do you hold this korrent?Do you also believe this?
I hold this tooShared subject first, then similar wording. They may agree or disagree.