📖Deep Work
- authors
- Newport, Cal
- year
- 2016
- url
- https://www.amazon.com/Deep-Work-Focused-Success-Distracted/dp/0349411905/
p.40 high-quality work produced = (time spent) × (intensity of focus)
pp.44-48 deep work is not required in all fields and positions
deep work philosophies → Deep Work philosophies
- monastic
you withdraw from the world to pursue your work
- bimodal
disconnect from the world for days from time to time to do deep work, be connected and normal in other periods
- rhythmic
a scheduled deep work into everyday life (e.g., wake up at 6am and do deep work before 10am)
- journalist
try to cram as much deep work as possible as opportunity presents (without a preset plan). the hardest because you have to be able to switch to deep work quickly
Shutdown routine to clean up the mind
Review all inboxes, all todo items
the goal is so that you can leave all work items behind while being sure that they’ll be handled later
re: Zeigarnik effect
Social networks as a tool. Check if they provide substantial value for your top-priority goals
any-value fallacy—thinking that if tool provides any value at all, it is worth using → Any-value fallacy