Deep Work

Deep Work Mindset Deep work is the ability to work to our utmost capacity for extended periods of time

Benefits

Helps produce High Quality Work
Promotes Flow
Being committed to deep work extracts meaning from your job and helps you cultivate your skill
Provides long-term satisfaction and the production of real value

An important part of deep work is Deliberate Practice
Mitigating Shallow Work
The amount of time we can spend in deep work depends on our energy consumption/willpower
- Routines help us exert less willpower, allowing us to stay focused for longer periods of time
It’s important to adopt a Deep Work Philosophy that suits us best
Adopting a Delayed Gratification ideology
Improve your Lead Measures
Have appropriate Down Time
Embrace Boredom
Find time for Productive Meditation
Evaluate the importance for Social Media Abstinence
Make yourself Unavailability

People are starting to permanently lose the ability to focus and partake in deep work due to social media and other distractions
- Prevents us from focusing during competitive environments and staying productive. However, as the practice becomes less common, it will only prove to be more valuable for achieving greatness.
Deep work is at a severe disadvantage in a technopoly because it builds on values like quality, craftsmanship, and mastery that are decidedly old-fashioned and non technological
- ex) Getting likes on a post is far more pleasurable than spending an hour brainstorming

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