# Cal Newport - How I Learned to Concentrate (Highlights) ![rw-book-cover|256](https://archive.is/4HNja/5ada5862f561c0cdfaa93394f005beecc0b0c4a3/scr.png) ## Metadata **Review**:: [readwise.io](https://readwise.io/bookreview/59129381) **Source**:: #from/readwise #from/reader **Zettel**:: #zettel/fleeting **Status**:: #x **Authors**:: [[Cal Newport]] **Full Title**:: How I Learned to Concentrate **Category**:: #articles #readwise/articles **Category Icon**:: 📰 **URL**:: [www.newyorker.com](https://archive.is/20250315144224/https://www.newyorker.com/culture/office-space/how-i-learned-to-concentrate) **Host**:: [[www.newyorker.com]] **Highlighted**:: [[2026-03-19]] **Created**:: [[2026-03-21]] ## Highlights - It was important that they didn’t master your ideas too quickly: the dreaded insult was for someone to respond promptly and deem your argument “trivial.” ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01km36h5sbjy3a7arafd1vta43)) ^998429298