Deep Work
Being able to perform any type of professional activity with a focus that is unable to be penetrated by any type of distraction is deep work. This habit helps push our cognitive capabilities to their own limits into which improves our skills and adds value to ourselves.
Having periods of long-focus allows us to focus less on the pressure of time and more on what we produce in that time. By finishing what is needed, we have more time to ourselves and it is easier to see our priorities.
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Deep Work And Shallow Work
Our the ability to focus without distraction is becoming increasingly rare and valuable in our ever-connected world. Cal Newport calls this Deep Work and he contrasts it with shallow work:
- Deep work means those professional tasks that push your cogniti...
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, ...
Deep work vs. Shallow work
- Deep work: Professional activities performed in a state of distraction-free concentration that push your cognitive capabilities to their limit. Creates value.
- Shallow work: Noncognitively demanding, logistical-style tasks, often performed while distracted. Doesn't creat...
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