Deep Work
focus, deep work, stillness, and all the things the modern Internet makes it really hard to do
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Deep Work
Email is a wonderful thing for people whose role in life is to be on top of things. But not for me; my role is to be on the bottom of things.
About a happy man –Donald Knuth’s approach to email
love this on going deep: “I want to be on the bottom of things”
Here is the message he ended with: “Study something you love in depth.”
“Here’s the only thing you need to remember from this talk: ‘Study something you love to death’—I mean ‘depth’! [laughter] ‘Study something you love in depth.’ I just gave you an hour, so tonight give me 45 minutes. Spend 45 minutes tonight studying something you love. Watch the... See more
“Here’s the only thing you need to remember from this talk: ‘Study something you love to death’—I mean ‘depth’! [laughter] ‘Study something you love in depth.’ I just gave you an hour, so tonight give me 45 minutes. Spend 45 minutes tonight studying something you love. Watch the... See more
via Austin Kleon
Your company’s Slack, your Twitter timeline, your community Discord — these are great sources of ideas, inspiration, and research questions. But they are also an endless well of distraction, forever exerting a gravitational pull on your deep thinking. A thinking tool should help you take advantage of the information firehose, without drowning out y... See more
Principles for deep work tools
Steve Jobs calling to build Apple "slowly and carefully"
Powerful to see that led to a 3 trillion dollar company https://t.co/IoonjIAdDf
I am fairly certain most people cannot have their best ideas if they are in back to back meetings every day. You need time to question things and then research it.
So, if you wonder why it’s hard to make ground breaking products after the first, look at your calendar.
Suhail Doshitwitter.com