The Story of Bill Gates' Obsessive Focus

The story of Microsoft's founding has been told so many times that it's entered the realm of legend. Gates worked with such intensity for such lengths during this two-month stretch that he would often collapse into sleep on his keyboard in the middle of writing a line of code. A commitment to deep work is not a moral stance and it's not a philosophical statement, says Andrew Keen. It is instead a pragmatic recognition that the ability to concentrate is a skill that gets valuable things done.