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4-Hour Workday is Deep Work and Flow State Combined
Deep Work in a Flow State- A flow state is where we are so wrapped up in the single task at hand and time passes without us noticing because we are accomplishing meaningful work.
A 4-hour workday is possible because we are doing deep work while in a flow state
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Practicality of a 4-Hour Work Day
The authors shares a couple points to consider on this aspect of the topic
- Not everyone's work is well suited to a 4-hour work day
- The focus behind the idea, however, is to be more mindful of how we work and see if we can implement a 4-hour focused block of time in our current ...
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Purpose & Benefits of a 4-Hour Work day
Purpose: To do our work more efficiently, in an effort to manage both time and energy
Benefits:
- Output increases as a result of efficiently using our time
- An improved state of mind (flow state) will naturally improve the value of the wor...
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Summing Up. A 4-Hour Work Day:
- helps us create more meaningful work
- increases the value of that work
- helps us reclaim valuable time while using our energy efficiently
- possibly helps with reaching a level of success or financial freedom
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Aim for the 4-Hour Workday Instead of 4-Hour Workweek
The goal is not to work 4 hours less but to:
Become Mindful- Notice how you are currently spending your time at work, especially the time wasted doing useless tasks
Deep Work over Shallow Work- Shallow work is busy and unfocused. Deep work, made popul...
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One hour in the flow state is probably equal to 100 or even 1000 hours of normal state both in terms of output & in terms of joy.
SANDEEP KOCHER
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Forget the 4-Hour Work Week. Create a 4-Hour Work Day (Done in a Flow State).
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The flow state
We experience the "flow state" when a given task becomes effortless and time slips by without our noticing. It's an absorbing, intrinsically rewarding state that we enter when performing certain tasks.
When in the flow state we experience mindfulness and actions and awareness merge, ...
Work deeply
Working for extended periods with full concentration and no distractions, on a single task requires:
- Knowing the day before what exactly you’re going to be working on during your Deep Work hour.
- Putting your phone somewhere out of sight and earshot while you’re do...
Why Deep Work Is Rare, Yet Highly Valuable
In short, because it maximizes the amount of productivity you can squeeze out of a certain amount of time.
And the reason for that is quite simple. Deep work refers to single-tasking, without distractions, in a state of intense focus, for extended periods of time.
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