4 philosophies to integrate Deep Work into your life
- Monastic: maximize Deep Work by minimizing or removing shallow obligations. Isolate yourself for long periods of time without distractions; no shallow work allowed
- Bimodal: divide your time into some clearly defined stretches to deep pursuits and leave the rest open to everything else. Reserve a few consecutive days when you will be working like a monastic. You need at least one day a week
- Rhythmic: involves creating a routine where you define a specific time period — ideally three to four hours every day — that you can devote to Deep Work
- Journalistic: alternate your day between deep and shallow work as it fits your blocks of time. Not recommended to try out first.
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- Monastic: isolate yourself for long periods of time without distractions; no shallow work allowed
- Bimodal: reserve a few consecutive days when you will be working like a monastic (you need at least one day a week)
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#4 Journalistic Deep Work
Here you just work like a journalist - whenever any incident occurs you have to go. That means here you perform deep work whenever you get free time.
Cal Newport, the author of this book, uses this method for his work.
Here you are most free to do deep work a...
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