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Super achievers don't manage their time, they create, manage and maximize their opportunities. At any given time they know the one critical, must complete, task and they work on that task. It is the most important and therefore deserves their full attention. They know their down time is ten times more important to their success than their "work" time.

Getting our heads around information abundance will mean becoming more discerning about what information is worth our time and what kinds of tasks require real focus.

Lack of discipline, big egos, being bad communicators, forgetting about the customer, and not prioritizing work properly.

The regions of the brain that become active during mind wandering belong to two important networks: the executive control system and the default network. Regions in the executive control system exert a top-down influence on our conscious and unconscious thought, directing the brain’s activity toward important goals. The default network becomes active during certain kinds of self-referential thinking, such as reflecting on personal experiences or picturing yourself in the future.

Work on projects with other programmers. With some projects, be the best programmer on the team. With other projects, be the worst so you can learn. Work on projects after other programmers to learn to be a good maintainer. Learn half a dozen programming languages, where each one challenges the way you think about programming (e.g. LISP versus C).