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
Ben Franklin's daily schedule is proof that most people attribute to genius what is just long periods of focused time
Steve Jobs calling to build Apple "slowly and carefully"
Powerful to see that led to a 3 trillion dollar company
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”
Writing novels is hard, and requires vast, unbroken slabs of time. Four quiet hours is a resource that I can put to good use. Two slabs of time, each two hours long, might add up to the same four hours, but are not nearly as productive as an unbroken four. If I know that I am going to be interrupted, I can’t concentrate, and if I suspect that I mig... See more
Neal Stephenson • Neal Stephenson - Why I Am a Bad Correspondent
Notes from Deep Work by Cal Newport:
The key to developing a deep work habit is to move beyond good intentions and add routines and rituals to your working life designed to minimize the amount of your limited willpower necessary to transition into and maintain a state of unbroken concentration.
The Monastic Philosophy of Deep Work Scheduling:... See more