When time is limited, shallow work and time-wasters will be the first to get squeezed out, as Basecamp experienced when it moved to a four-day workweek.

K. Anders Ericsson found that experts' capacity for deliberate practice was limited to about four hours per day, due to both cognitive and physical fatigue. Like deliberate practice, deep work is also cognitively demanding, so it stands to reason that both share similar limits.

One solution to weaning yourself off of distraction is scheduling offline / online time blocks: a preset schedule for using the Internet. The rule is simple: you use the Internet only during online time blocks, while abstaining from Internet use during offline time blocks. Over time, if you adhere to the following 4 points regarding offline/online

Recall the definition of shallow work: "Noncognitively demanding, logistical-style tasks, often performed while distracted. These efforts tend not to create much new value in the world and are easy to replicate."

Deep work: "Professional activities performed in a state of distraction-free concentration that push your cognitive capabilities to their limit.

Rhythmic deep work is the habit of performing deep work daily, ideally at the same time and place and for the same duration. An example is dedicating the first two hours of each morning to deep work.

K. Anders Ericsson, a professor at Florida State University, found that outstanding performance isn't a result of natural talent. Rather, it is a result of hard work in the form of deliberate practice.

2. Try a 30-Day Social Media Ban Ryan Nicodemus, looking to reduce the clutter in his life, used a simple tactic to identify the non-essentials out of his belongings. He packed all of his possessions into boxes, and over the next week, he went through his normal life routines. If he needed an item, he unpacked it. At the end of the week, he found that

the whiteboard effect: Creative energies produced by team members while bouncing ideas and experiments off one another. Social pressure to make progress towards a mutual goal.