"We joke about the absentminded professor, as if they’re somehow less together than normal people. It’s actually the exact opposite. **They are showing us what full commitment looks like in practice. The rest of us are far too concerned with things that don’t matter to recognize that true mental discipline comes at a cost—and they are the ones willing to pay it.**" --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[essentialism]], [[focus]], [[expertise]], [[attention]] **Source** -- [[202409150124 - B - Discipline is Destiny]]