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The Difficulty of Depth

The Difficulty of Depth

  • Quantity: We don't do enough deep work. Shallow work seems more urgent and is easier to pay attention to.
  • Quality: We don't do deep work for long enough. To be effective, we need large, uninterrupted chunks of time.

We may intend to get more deep work done, but doing the work week after week is another thing.

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