Drain The Shallows

The Shallows is the name of a book written on the effects of the Internet on our brains and lives. Shallow work, if you recall, refers to answering emails, making phone calls, attending to meetings, and other inevitable but ultimately low-value tasks. If you’re serious about working deeply, you n...

• Shallow work is all of the routine activities that accompany work, but don't require skill or concentration, such as answering emails, attending meetings, or paperwork.
• Deep work is what you're paid for. It's a hard-to-do, attention-demanding activ...

• “Deep work”: using your skills to create something of value. It takes thought, energy, time and concentration.
• “Shallow work”: all the little administrative and logistical stuff: email, meetings, calls, expense reports, etc.

Shallow work stops you from...