Cultivating a Deep Life

Cal Newport · 20 Apr 2020

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Life change never comes from one transforming plan; it comes from small adjustments to the life you already have.

Their wordsOne observation that rings true from my experience is that you should resist the urge to try to build a master plan that, once implemented, will transform everything for the better in one dramatic moment.

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The deep life is the one in which attention goes deliberately to what matters and is not spent on what does not.
Mental modelLess, but better

Their wordsI’ve been writing off and on recently about the notion of the deep life, in which you focus with energetic intention on things that really matter, and avoid wasting too much attention on things that don’t.
Our reading
Life change never comes from one transforming plan; it comes from small adjustments to the life you already have.

Their wordsOne observation that rings true from my experience is that you should resist the urge to try to build a master plan that, once implemented, will transform everything for the better in one dramatic moment.

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