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Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
class for which deep
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Benyamin Elias added 8mo ago
college graduation,
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Benyamin Elias added 8mo ago
The first thing I do is take a final look at my e-mail inbox to ensure that there’s nothing requiring an urgent response before the day ends. The next thing I do is transfer any new tasks that are on my mind or were scribbled down earlier in the day into my official task lists. (I use Google Docs for storing my task lists, as I like the ability to
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Philip Powis added 1mo ago
Professorial E-mail Sorting: Do not reply to an e-mail message if any of the following applies: • It’s ambiguous or otherwise makes it hard for you to generate a reasonable response. • It’s not a question or proposal that interests you. • Nothing really good would happen if you did respond and nothing really bad would happen if you didn’t.
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Philip Powis added 1mo ago
This is okay. As the author Tim Ferriss once wrote: “Develop the habit of letting small bad things happen. If you don’t, you’ll never find time for the life-changing big things.”
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Philip Powis added 1mo ago
“The one trait that differentiated [Gates from Allen] was focus. Allen’s mind would flit between many ideas and passions, but Gates was a serial obsessor.”
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Philip Powis added 1mo ago
A commitment to deep work is not a moral stance and it’s not a philosophical statement—it is instead a pragmatic recognition that the ability to concentrate is a skill that gets valuable things done.
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Philip Powis added 1mo ago
By deferring evening work, in other words, you’re not missing out on much of importance.
from Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport
Philip Powis added 1mo ago
Put another way, trying to squeeze a little more work out of your evenings might reduce your effectiveness the next day enough that you end up getting less done than if you had instead respected a shutdown.
from Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport
Philip Powis added 1mo ago