Deep Work

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

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

the addictive & isolating cycle of deep work: https://t.co/LcWQ9tE08C

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.

A flow state is priceless. It happens when we lose ourselves in the work, simply connecting with the task, without commentary or doubt. When we’re in flow, time slows down, satisfaction rises and we feel fully engaged.