High-Quality Work Produced = (Time Spent) x (Intensity of Focus)

• Where: identify a location used only for depth, such as a conference room or a quiet library
• How Long: set a specific time frame for each Deep Work session. 
• How: your ritual needs rules and processes to keep your efforts structured. 
• Support

• 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...

• 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 ...

• Use Headphones: Coworkers will think you can’t hear them and the barrier to interrupt you is much higher
• Work Remotely: start by asking for a half-day, preferably mornings
• Email: treat email as a to-do and schedule it in your calendar twice per day