There are 168 hours in a week. No one gets more than another. How we spend our finite and valuable time defines the quality of our life.

In Cal Newport’s book Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World, he defines two core abilities to thrive in this New Economy – the ability to master hard things and the ability to produce at an elite level in terms of quality and speed. To master hard things and perform at an elite level requires uninterrupted time and rapt attention, both are in short supply in our busy, distracted world.