Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

Brynjolfsson and McAfee call the group personified by Nate Silver the “high-skilled” workers.

To produce at your peak level you need to work for extended periods with full concentration on a single task free from distraction.

To remain valuable in our economy, therefore, you must master the art of quickly learning complicated things.

Reason #3: The Work That Evening Downtime Replaces Is Usually Not That Important

Proceed carefully through the rooms, associating the proper mental images with objects in the proper order. After you complete a room, you might want to walk through it a few times in a row to lock in the imagery. Once you’re done, you’re ready to hand the deck to a friend and amaze him by rattling off the cards in order without peeking. To do so,

This book has two goals, pursued in two parts. The first, tackled in Part 1, is to convince you that the deep work hypothesis is true. The second, tackled in Part 2, is to teach you how to take advantage of this reality by training your brain and transforming your work habits to place deep work at the core of your professional life.

fixed-schedule productivity.

How long would it take (in months) to train a smart recent college graduate with no specialized training in my field to complete this task?

Here’s my suggestion: At the beginning of each workday, turn to a new page of lined paper in a notebook you dedicate to this purpose. Down the left-hand side of the page, mark every other line with an hour of the day, covering the full set