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Deep Work deep work (What is it? (Focus (Dedication to a task, Reach…

- - - - Clear focus
      - Happiness
  - - - Email answering
      - Social media posting
- - - - Days at a time
      - Scheduled
      - Acts monastic during period
  - - - Task or time focused
        
        Stop when elapsed
        
        Smaller/Shorter than during Bimodal
      - Track progress
        
        Chain method
    - - Scheduled/Regular
      - Acts monastic during period
      - Hours at a time
  - - - Minutes/Hours at a time
      - Acts monastic during period
- - - - How?
        
        Prepare
        
        Cup of coffee
        
        Long walk
        
        To ease into it
        
        Set goals
        
        Set duration
        
        Set location
      - Why?
        
        Focus mind
        
        Easier to enter deep work state
        
        Habits are easier to fall into than conscience work
    - - What?
        
        Travel to far away or expensive location
        
        Take time off work
      - Why?
        
        Force yourself to commit
        
        Focus mind
    - - Focus on what's important
      - Act on lead measures
        
        Changes that will lead to goal
        
        Proactive steps
      - Keep track of progress
      - Hold yourself to account
    - - Why?
        
        Recharge batteries
        
        Deep work is hard
        
        Enjoy life
        
        Truly important tasks are completed during the day
        
        Downtime aids insights
      - How?
        
        Don't check emails
        
        Shutdown routine
        
        Helps to close tasks
        
        Zeigarnik effect
        
        Getting gamers
        
        Signals to brain work is over
        
        Prepares for next day
  - - - Memory palace
        
        Walk through 5 rooms in my home
        
        Each room as 10 items
        
        Associate actions against those 10 items - each action represents what you are trying to remember
      - Improves concentration
    - - How
        
        Avoid context switching
        
        Set periods of time aside for a task
        
        Stick with a task
        
        Estimate tasks
        
        Tight but fair targets
        
        Require intense concentration to meet target
        
        Declare target publicly
        
        Practice
      - Why?
        
        Brain has been programmed to not concentrate
        
        Improve concentration
    - - Can do while walking
      - Avoid thought loops
      - Structure thoughts
      - Have goal for each session
  - - - Deep work is hard
        
        Distractions prevent deep work
        
        Social media is one big distraction
      - Is social media adding value?
        
        Opportunity costs
        
        Spend time better
        
        Only have so many hours in a day
        
        Only have so much will power
        
        False economy
        
        Could that time be better spent on your primary goals?
      - Not all benefits are created equal
      - False economy
    - - List goals
        
        Assess social media against these goals
        
        Success?
        
        Yes. Keep using it
        
        No. Drop it
      - View them as tools
      - Plan your personal time
  - - - Use an hour by hour diary
      - Adjust plan as your day changes
      - Estimating
    - - Avoid shallow
      - Thought experiment: Could I train someone to do this?
    - - Forces you to focus on what's important
      - Frees you up for other activities
      - Stops burn out
    - - Social media
      - Email
        
        Process centric replying
        
        Avoid endless back and forward
        
        Be explicit
        
        Detail exactly what you want
        
        Not interesting == ignored