Hard Work

If you want a great career in the 21st century, you need to stop trying to multitask and start doing “deep work.” More than a quarter of the average worker’s day is spent answering and reading emails, but how you spend your time today may be crowding out your ability to perform concentrated work.

A summer job taught me how to interact with many different kinds of people, acquiring social skills that, like George Lazenby, would benefit me throughout life.