Deep Work
The activity of focusing without distraction on a cognitively demanding task.
When you’re really locked into doing something hard with your mind… with zero distractions.
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Deep Work
It is the ability to perform valuable, cognitively-demanding activities in a distraction-free state.
It allows us to operate at or near the upper bounds of our cognitive potential—which is essential to doing our best work.
Why deep work?
To learn hard things quickly, you must focus intensely without distraction. To learn, in other words is an act of Deep work.
To produce at your peak level you need to work for extended periods with full concentration on a single task free from distractions.
Put another way, ...
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