deep work
The “gift of listening” is based on the ability to grant deep, contemplative attention—which remains inaccessible to the hyperactive ego.
from The Burnout Society by Byung-Chul Han
deep work
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.
Cal Newport • Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
If you work in an environment where you can get an answer to a question or a specific piece of information immediately when the need arises, this makes your life easier—at least, in the moment. If you couldn’t count on this quick response time you’d instead have to do more advance planning for your work, be more organized, and be prepared to put
... See moreCal Newport • Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
Sit down with a book, magazine, or long-form article, block out distractions, and dedicate our minds to better ideas.
It’s an act of rebellious empathy.
It’s an act of rebellious empathy.
The Reader’s Manifesto
deep work as rebellion - I like a lot this framing :)
"The key to thriving in our high-tech world, they’ve learned, is to spend much less time using technology." (Cal Newport, Digital Minimalism)
‘the idle mind is the devil’s workshop’ … when you lose focus, your mind tends to fix on what could be wrong with your life instead of what’s right.” A workday driven by the shallow, from a neurological perspective, is likely to be a draining and upsetting day, even if most of the shallow things that capture your attention seem harmless or fun.
Cal Newport • Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
I once asked a group of students on their final day at their prestigious university what book had changed their life over the previous four years. A long, awkward silence followed. Finally a student said, “You have to understand, we don’t read like that. We only sample enough of each book to get through class.” These students were hurrying to be... See more
David Brooks • You Might Be a Late Bloomer
Deep learning demands effort. If you want to possess a large mental universe of knowledge from which to draw, you have to consume a lot of information. This requires focused reading.
That a quiet walk in the woods is more nourishing than watching someone else’s trip through Tokyo.
Tommy Dixon • the end of our extremely online era.
