“People experiencing attention residue after switching tasks are likely to demonstrate poor performance on that next task,” and the more intense the residue, the worse the performance.

And unfortunately, they’ve developed habits of mind that make it impossible for them to be laser-focused. They’re suckers for irrelevancy. They just can’t keep on task.

“mental muscle.”

visual images and associations will

The ability to produce at an elite level, in terms of both quality and speed.

The goal of this chapter is to convince you that deep work can generate as much satisfaction in an information economy as it so clearly does in a craft economy.

People who multitask all the time can’t filter out irrelevancy.

Our brains instead construct our worldview based on what we pay attention to.

Create a Cadence of Accountability